Combined spin-mass vortex with soliton tail in superfluid B3

Y. Kondo, J. S. Korhonen, M. Krusius, V. V. Dmitriev, E. V. Thuneberg, and G. E. Volovik
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3331 – Published 1 June 1992
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Abstract

We have observed spin-mass vortices (SMV) in superfluid B3. 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, the so-called θ soliton. The SMVs are bound either as pairs or to the container wall by the soliton. They are nucleated when a rotating He3 sample cools slowly through the AB phase transition. The identification of the SMV is based on the NMR signatures of the soliton.

  • Received 16 December 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3331

©1992 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Y. Kondo, J. S. Korhonen, M. Krusius, V. V. Dmitriev, E. V. Thuneberg, and G. E. Volovik

  • Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, 02150 Espoo, Finland
  • Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, 117 334 Moscow, U.S.S.R.
  • Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117 334 Moscow, U.S.S.R

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Vol. 68, Iss. 22 — 1 June 1992

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