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year | 2011 |
author(s) | V.B. Eltsov, R. de Graaf, M. Krusius, D.E. Zmeev |
title | Vortex core contribution to textural energy in 3He-B below 0.4 Tc |
document type | Paper |
source | J. Low Temp. Phys. 162, 212 (2011) |
doi | 10.1007/s10909-010-0285-1 |
EMP/Horizon2020 | This publication does not include a EMP/Horizon2020 acknowledgement. |
abstract | Vortex lines affect the spatial order-parameter distribution in superfluid 3He–B owing to superflow circulating around vortex cores and due to the interaction of the order parameter in the core and in the bulk as a result of superfluid coherence over the whole volume. The step-like change of the latter contribution at 0.6T c (at a pressure of 29 bar) signifies the transition from axisymmetric cores at higher temperatures to broken-symmetry cores at lower temperatures. We extended earlier measurements of the core contribution to temperatures below 0.2T c, in particular searching for a possible new core transition to lower symmetries. As a measuring tool we track the energy levels of magnon condensate states in a trap formed by the order-parameter texture. |