Torsional oscillator studies of the superfluidity of 3He in aerogel

Details Torsional oscillator studies of the superfluidity of 3He in aerogel Torsional oscillator studies of the superfluidity of 3He in aerogel

1999-03-31

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9903454v1

Physica B 255 (1998) 1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

17 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0921-4526(98)00446-3

We have made simultaneous torsional oscillator and transverse NMR measurements (at 165 kHz) on 3He contained within aerogels with nominal densities of 1% and 2% of solid glass. The superfluid transition is seen simultaneously by both techniques and occurs at a temperature which agrees semi-quantitatively with that expected for homogeneous isotropic pair-breaking scattering of 3He atoms by strands of silica. Values obtained for the superfluid density rho_s in the 2% sample are in reasonable agreement with those observed previously. Coupling of the torsional mode to a parasitic resonance prevented accurate determination of rho_s for the 1% aerogel. We have identified other resonances coupling to the torsional oscillations as sound modes within the helium/aerogel medium.

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