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Nonlinear field-dependence and f-wave interactions in superfluid 3He
We present results of transverse acoustics studies in superfluid ^{3}He-B at
fields up to 0.11 T. Using acoustic cavity interferometry, we observe the
Acoustic Faraday Effect for a transverse sound wave propagating along the
magnetic field, and we measure Faraday rotations of the polarization as large
as 1710^{\circ}. We use these results to determine the Zeeman splitting of the
Imaginary Squashing mode, an order parameter collective mode with total angular
momentum J=2. We show that the pairing interaction in the f-wave channel is
attractive at a pressure of P=6 bar. We also report nonlinear field dependence
of the Faraday rotation at frequencies substantially above the mode frequency
not accounted for in the theory of the transverse acoustic dispersion relation
formulated for frequencies near the mode. Consequently, we have identified the
region of validity of the theory allowing us to make corrections to the
analysis of Faraday rotation experiments performed in earlier work.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Magneto-Acoustic Spectroscopy in Superfluid 3He-B
We have used the recently discovered acoustic Faraday effect in superfluid
3He to perform high resolution spectroscopy of an excited state of the
superfluid condensate. With acoustic cavity interferometry we measure the
rotation of the plane of polarization of a transverse sound wave propagating in
the direction of magnetic field from which we determine the Zeeman energy of
the excited state. We interpret the Lande g-factor, combined with the
zero-field energies of the state, using the theory of Sauls and Serene to
calculate the strength of f -wave interactions in 3He.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRL, Aug 30th, 200
Anomalous Attenuation of Transverse Sound in 3He
We present the first measurements of the attenuation of transverse sound in
superfluid 3He-B. We use fixed path length interferometry combined with the
magneto-acoustic Faraday effect to vary the effective path length by a factor
of two, resulting in absolute values of the attenuation. We find that
attenuation is significantly larger than expected from the theoretical
dispersion relation, in contrast to the phase velocity of transverse sound. We
suggest that the anomalous attenuation can be explained by surface Andreev
bound states.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. Let
Can Induced Theta Vacua be Created in Heavy Ion Collisions?
The development of the early Universe is a remarkable laboratory for the
study of most nontrivial properties of particle physics. What is more
remarkable is the fact that these phenomena at the QCD scale can be, in
principle, experimentally tested in heavy ion collisions. We expect that, in
general, an arbitrary theta-state would be created in the heavy ion collisions,
similar to the creation of the disoriented chiral condensate with an arbitrary
isospin direction. It should be a large domain with a wrong
orientation. We test this idea numerically in a simple model where we study the
evolution of the phases of the chiral condensates in QCD with two quark flavors
with non-zero theta-parameter. We see the formation of a non-zero theta-vacuum
with the formation time of the order of seconds. This result will
have important implications for a possible axion search experiment at RHIC.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, Latex, Discussion of experimental signatures
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