Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Texture and hydrodynamics of a thin slab of superfluid3He-A in a torsional oscillator. I. Theory

Texture and hydrodynamics of a thin slab of superfluid3He-A in a torsional oscillator. I. Theory The calculation of the texture of superfluid 3 He-A in a thin slab geometry in the presence of a uniform applied magnetic field is discussed. Dipole-unlocking effects are included and various possible textures are found including one which contains solitons. Such textures can be investigated by including the slab within a torsional oscillator. Solutions for the hydrodynamic equations of 3 He-A for this situation are obtained by making reasonable approximations and assumptions. A novel feature of the solutions is the existence of oscillatory superflow, which is necessary to achieve mass conservation in an anisotropic superfluid. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Low Temperature Physics Springer Journals

Texture and hydrodynamics of a thin slab of superfluid3He-A in a torsional oscillator. I. Theory

Hook, J.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics , Volume 74 (2) – Nov 6, 2004
Download PDF
26 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/texture-and-hydrodynamics-of-a-thin-slab-of-superfluid3he-a-in-a-80kQ09rmsR

References (4)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright
Subject
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
ISSN
0022-2291
eISSN
1573-7357
DOI
10.1007/BF00681751
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The calculation of the texture of superfluid 3 He-A in a thin slab geometry in the presence of a uniform applied magnetic field is discussed. Dipole-unlocking effects are included and various possible textures are found including one which contains solitons. Such textures can be investigated by including the slab within a torsional oscillator. Solutions for the hydrodynamic equations of 3 He-A for this situation are obtained by making reasonable approximations and assumptions. A novel feature of the solutions is the existence of oscillatory superflow, which is necessary to achieve mass conservation in an anisotropic superfluid.

Journal

Journal of Low Temperature Physics – Springer Journals

Published: Nov 6, 2004

There are no references for this article.