The A-B transition in superfluid helium-3 under confinement in a thin slab geometry

Autor: N. Zhelev, T. S. Abhilash, E. N. Smith, R. G. Bennett, X. Rojas, L. Levitin, J. Saunders, J. M. Parpia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15963
Popis: Superfluid helium-3 provides a clean testing ground for the understanding of quantum phases and their transitions. Here the authors show that when helium is confined in a nanofluidic cavity supercooling across the first-order A–B transition is suppressed, indicating an intrinsic nucleation mechanism.
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