Bartkowiak, M. and Fisher, Shaun N. and Guénault, Anthony M. and Haley, Richard P. and Plenderleith, G. N. and Pickett, George R. and Skyba, P. (2000) The thermodynamics of the A-B transition in superfluid He-3 as a probe of the A-phase gap node geometry. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 280 (1-4). pp. 108-111. ISSN 0921-4526
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We have used a magnetic field gradient to stabilise the phase boundary between the A- and B-phases of superfluid He-3 inside a quasiparticle black body radiator down to 146 mu K; The radiator technique enables us to measure very accurately the density of quasiparticle excitations and therefore the temperature of the B-phase inside the radiator. As we ramp the held through the transition we can observe the cooling (warming) effect when the volume of A-phase is increased (decreased). From these measurements we deduce the temperature dependence of the latent heat, which provides the lowest temperature verification yet of the existence of nodes in the A-phase order parameter.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Physica B: Condensed Matter |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | A-B transition ; He-3 superfluid ; latent heat ; phase transition ; ultralow temperatures |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics |
| ID Code: | 23501 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Richard P. Haley |
| Deposited On: | 28 Jan 2009 16:52 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 16:10 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/23501 |
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