Primary and secondary nucleation of the transition between the A and B phases of superfluid 3He
Primary and secondary nucleation of the transition between the A and B phases of superfluid 3He
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.85.4321
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发表时间:
2000-11-13
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Skyba, P
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作者:
Bartkowiak, M;Fisher, SN;Skyba, P
We have studied nucleation in superfluid He-3 across the A-B phase transition driven by a magnetic field, in a controllable environment at very low temperatures. Both B --> A and A --> B secondary nucleation appear to be governed by the survival of pockets of the new phase trapped at surfaces. We find that, at fields near B-AB, primary A --> B nucleation cannot be triggered by ionizing or neutron irradiation even at very high intensities; In our cell primary A --> B nucleation can only be triggered externally by mild mechanical shock.