McClintock, Peter V. E. (1984) Do cosmic rays account for superfluid 3He transition? Nature, 312 (5995). pp. 595-596.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/312595a0
Abstract
In theory, the transition between the two principal superfluid forms of liquid 3He ought not to be able to occur. So why is it routinely observed to take place? A possible answer to this intriguing question has recently been put forward by A.J. Leggett. Writing in Physical Review Letters 53, 1096; 1984, he suggests that the transition, although prohibited from occuring spontaneously, readily takes place because of the occasional high energy cosmic ray that passes through any experimental chamber on the Earth's surface.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics |
| ID Code: | 33038 |
| Deposited By: | Professor P. V. E. McClintock |
| Deposited On: | 30 Apr 2010 14:10 |
| Refereed?: | No |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:21 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/33038 |
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