COMBINED SPIN-MASS VORTEX WITH SOLITON TAIL IN SUPERFLUID HE-3-B

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作者
KONDO, Y
KORHONEN, JS
KRUSIUS, M
DMITRIEV, VV
THUNEBERG, EV
VOLOVIK, GE
机构
[1] HELSINKI UNIV TECHNOL, LOW TEMP LAB, SF-02150 ESPOO, FINLAND
[2] KAPITZA INST PHYS PROBLEMS, MOSCOW 117334, USSR
[3] LANDAU THEORET PHYS INST, MOSCOW 117334, USSR
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3331
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
We have observed spin-mass vortices (SMV) in superfluid He-3-B. The SMV is a combined topological object made up of a vortex line with mass current and a disclination line with spin current. It is also a termination line of a planar defect (theta-soliton). The SMV's are bound either as pairs or to the container wall by the soliton. They are nucleated when a rotating He-3 sample cools slowly through the A --> B phase transition. The identification of the SMV is based on the NMR signatures of the soliton.
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