Transverse waves in superfluid3He-B
Transverse waves in superfluid3He-B
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超流体中的横波3He-B
DOI:
10.1007/bf00132087
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
J. Sauls
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作者:
G. Moores;J. Sauls
We examine the theory of collisionless transverse current waves in bulk superfluid3He-B, including the coupling to the order parameter collective modes. At low frequencies, Ω ≪ δ(T), the order parameter modes do not contribute to the restoring force for a transverse current, and the quasiparticle contribution drops rapidly as the gap in the spectrum develops. Thus, low-frequency transverse sound becomes overdamped at temperatures nearTc. However, at low temperatures (T≲0.3Tc) the off-resonant coupling to the J = 2−,M = +-1modes stabilizes a propagating transverse current mode, with a large phase velocity and low damping for frequencies above a critical frequency that is approximately that of theJ = 2−mode. We also discuss the similarities and differences of longitudinal and transverse sound in the superfluid phases. For example, in zero field, right- and left-circularly polarized waves are degenerate. A magnetic field, with $$\overrightarrow \operatorname{H}||\overrightarrow {\text{q}}$$ , lifts this degeneracy, giving rise to the analog of circular dichroism and birefringence of electromagnetic waves. Thus, transverse waves may be more easily detected in the B-phase than in normal3He.