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On the problem of catastrophic relaxation in superfluid 3-He-B
In this Letter we discussed the parametric instability of texture of
homogeneous (in time) spin precession, explaining how spatial inhomogeneity of
the texture may change the threshold of the instability in comparison with
idealized spatial homogeneous case, considered in our JETP Letter \textbf{83},
530 (2006), cond-mat/0605386. This discussion is inspired by critical Comment
of I.A. Fomin (cond-mat/0606760) related to the above questions. In addition we
considered here results of direct numerical simulations of the full
Leggett-Takagi equation of motion for magnetization in superfluid 3He-B and
experimental data for magnetic field dependence of the catastrophic relaxation,
that provide solid support of the theory of this phenomenon, presented in our
2006 JETP Letter.Comment: 5 pages, 1 fig. included, JETP Lett. style, submitted to JETP Lett.
as response to Comment cond-mat/060676
Solution of the problem of catastrophic relaxation of homogeneous spin precession in superfluid He-B
The quantitative analysis of the "catastrophic relaxation" of the coherent
spin precession in He-B is presented. This phenomenon has been observed
below the temperature about 0.5 T as an abrupt shortening of the induction
signal decay. It is explained in terms of the decay instability of homogeneous
transverse NMR mode into spin waves of the longitudinal NMR. Recently the cross
interaction amplitude between the two modes has been calculated by Sourovtsev
and Fomin \cite{SF} for the so-called Brinkman-Smith configuration, i.e. for
the orientation of the orbital momentum of Cooper pairs along the magnetic
field, . In their treatment, the interaction is
caused by the anisotropy of the speed of the spin waves. We found that in the
more general case of the non-parallel orientation of corresponding to
the typical conditions of experiment, the spin-orbital interaction provides the
additional interaction between the modes. By analyzing experimental data we are
able to distinguish which contribution is dominating in different regimes.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, submited to JETP letter
Strong orientational effect of stretched aerogel on the 3He order parameter
Deformation of aerogel strongly modifies the orientation of the order
parameter of superfluid 3He confined in aerogel. We used a radial squeezing of
aerogel to keep the orbital angular momentum of the 3He Cooper pairs in the
plane perpendicular to the magnetic field. We did not find strong evidence for
a "polar" phase, with a nodal line along the equator of the Fermi surface,
predicted to occur at large radial squeezing. Instead we observed 3He-A with a
clear experimental evidence of the destruction of the long-range order by
random anisotropy -- the Larkin-Imry-Ma effect. In 3He-B we observed and
identified new modes of NMR, which are impossible to obtain in bulk 3He-B. One
of these modes is characterized by a repulsive interaction between magnons,
which is suitable for the magnon Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC).Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, revtex, submitted to PR
Phonons in magnon superfluid and symmetry breaking field
Recent experiments [1],[2] which measured the spectrum of the Goldstone
collective mode of coherently precessing state in 3He-B are discussed using the
presentation of the coherent spin precession in terms of the Bose-Einstein
condensation of magnons. The mass in the spectrum of the Goldstone boson --
phonon in the superfluid magnon liquid -- is induced by the symmetry breaking
field, which is played by the RF magnetic fieldComment: 2 pages, JETP Letters style, no figures, version accepted in JETP
Letter
A superfluid He3 detector for direct dark matter search
MACHe3 (MAtrix of Cells of superfluid He3) is a project of a new detector for
direct Dark Matter Search. The idea is to use superfluid He3 as a sensitive
medium. The existing device, the superfluid He3 cell, will be briefly
introduced. Then a description of the MACHe3 project will be presented, in
particular the background rejection and the neutralino event rate that may be
achieved with such a device.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on
the Identification of Dark Matter (York, UK, 09/18/2000-09/22/2000
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