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Measurements of the attenuation of 10-MHz compressional waves in liquid3He along the melting curve reveal a sharp peak at the A transition (2.7 mK). In a magnetic field this feature splits into two attenuation peaks, separated by a temperature difference proportional to H. The shapes of these peaks, though changing markedly betweenH=0 and 1 kOe, are all consistent with the A phase being an anisotropic BCS-type superfluid and inconsistent with an isotropic gap model. Field-dependent time variations in the attenuation and various transient effects provide further clues to the nature of this phase. A third sharp attenuation peak—at the B transition (≲2 mK)—possibly represents scattering from a liquid-liquid interface. It is, in any event, consistent with an isotropic superfluid B phase. Velocity changes have been observed at both A and B transitions, indicating velocities in the B phase significantly less than that of first sound at the same pressure.
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This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation through grants GP-29682 and GH-35692 and also under grant #GH-33637 through the Cornell Materials Science Center, Report #2115.
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Lawson, D.T., Gully, W.J., Goldstein, S. et al. Attenuation of zero sound and the several low-temperature phases of liquid3He. J Low Temp Phys 15, 169–210 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00655633
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