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The impurity scattering effect on superfluid 3 He in aerogel is studied on the basis of the standard impurity theory within the weak coupling limit. We discuss the superfluid transition temperature and the superfluid density in the dirty Fermi liquid. The results are compared with recent experiments on the superfluidity of 3 He in aerogel. The low pressure data of the observed superfluid density are shown to be in better agreement with the results for the A-phase than for the B-phase. The B-phase results show considerable disagreement with the low pressure data.
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Higashitani, S. Impurity Scattering Effect on Superfluidity of 3He in Aerogel. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 114, 161–172 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021806004870
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