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Scaling results for superfluid 3He in 98% open aerogel

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

J.M. Parpia
A.D. Fefferman
J.V. Porto
V.V. Dmitriev
L.V. Levitin
D.E. Zmeev

Abstract

We present experimental observations of the suppressed superfluid transition temperature, T ca, superfluid fraction, Ï s/Ï and Leggett frequency of 3He-B in aerogel, Ω Ba. We determine T ca from mass decoupling and the vanishing of the frequency shift away from the Larmor frequency in our different samples and different laboratories. We find that the suppressed transition temperature for 3He in aerogel occurs at a sample dependent, but approximately pressure independent, length, X = ξ 0(P)/√1-T ca/T c, where T c > and ξ 0(P), are the transition temperature and the pressure dependent zero temperature coherence length for bulk 3He. T ca also occurs at a pressure independent value of the Leggett frequency of bulk 3He-B. Further, we find that when the superfluid fraction and square of the Leggett frequency are plotted against T ca-T (and not(T ca-T)/T ca), the results of each measurement nearly collapse on to a pressure independent but sample dependent plot, with no further scaling. When plotted on a log-log scale, both measurements exhibit power laws in the range 1.33-1.45. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.

Date Published

Journal

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volume

150

Issue

3-4

Number of Pages

482-486,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-38549140205&doi=10.1007%2fs10909-007-9571-y&partnerID=40&md5=cb289b2eefffead097f21b921473529e

DOI

10.1007/s10909-007-9571-y

Group (Lab)

Jeevak Parpia Group

Funding Source

DMR-0457533
0457533
6993/FP
PST.CLG.979379
RUP1-2632-MO-04
06-02-17185
NSh-9725.2006.2

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