Published January 9, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Persistent currents in superfluid 3He-B

  • 1. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and the Materials Science Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

Description

Observations of persistent currents in superfluid 3He-B have been made with use of a recently developed ac gyroscope technique. The persistent currents are generated in a toroidal region filled with a fibrous material with average pore size of 10-2 cm. In this geometry, a mean critical velocity of 7 x 10-2 cm/sec was observed. To within experimental error, no decay of the currents was observed for periods of over one hour

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
121-124
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15057827
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CRITICAL VELOCITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GYROSCOPES; HELIUM 3 B; LIFETIME; MEDIUM PRESSURE; SATURATION; SUPERFLUIDITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; DATA; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HELIUM 3; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; STABLE ISOTOPES; VELOCITY