Supercooling of the A phase of 3He

Y. Tian; D. Lotnyk; A. Eyal; K. Zhang; N. Zhelev; T. S. Abhilash; A. Chavez; E. N. Smith; M. Hindmarsh; J. Saunders; E. Mueller; J. M. Parpia

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35532-7

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Supercooling of the A phase of 3He

Y. Tian,
D. Lotnyk,
A. Eyal,
K. Zhang,
N. Zhelev,
T. S. Abhilash,
A. Chavez,
E. N. Smith,
M. Hindmarsh,
J. Saunders,
E. Mueller,
J. M. Parpia

Affiliations

Y. Tian: Department of Physics, Cornell University
D. Lotnyk: Department of Physics, Cornell University
A. Eyal: Department of Physics, Cornell University
K. Zhang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex
N. Zhelev: Department of Physics, Cornell University
T. S. Abhilash: Department of Physics, Cornell University
A. Chavez: Department of Physics, Cornell University
E. N. Smith: Department of Physics, Cornell University
M. Hindmarsh: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex
J. Saunders: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
E. Mueller: Department of Physics, Cornell University
J. M. Parpia: Department of Physics, Cornell University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35532-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The A–B transition in superfluid 3He is a pure experimental model system to study first-order phase transitions in the early Universe. Tian et al. observe the path dependence of the supercooling of the A phase in a wide parameter range and provide explanations for the heterogeneous nucleation of the B phase.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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