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Modification of the He3 phase diagram by anisotropic disorder

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

R.G. Bennett
N. Zhelev
E.N. Smith
J. Pollanen
W.P. Halperin
J.M. Parpia

Abstract

Motivated by the recent prediction that uniaxially compressed aerogel can stabilize the anisotropic A phase over the isotropic B phase, we measure the pressure dependent superfluid fraction of He3 entrained in 10% axially compressed, 98% porous aerogel. We observe that a broad region of the temperature-pressure phase diagram is occupied by the metastable A phase. The reappearance of the A phase on warming from the B phase, before superfluidity is extinguished at Tc, is in contrast to its absence in uncompressed aerogel. The phase diagram is modified from that of pure He3, with the disappearance of the polycritical point (PCP) and the appearance of a region of A phase extending below the PCP of bulk He3, even in zero applied magnetic field. The expected alignment of the A phase texture by compression is not observed. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Volume

107

Issue

23

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-82455174884&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevLett.107.235504&partnerID=40&md5=892891d4628f855b13838b3510f636e3

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.235504

Group (Lab)

Jeevak Parpia Group

Funding Source

0806629
1103625

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