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Observation of suppressed viscosity in the normal state of 3He due to superfluid fluctuations

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  • Rakin N. Baten

    (Cornell University)

  • Yefan Tian

    (Cornell University)

  • Eric N. Smith

    (Cornell University)

  • Erich J. Mueller

    (Cornell University)

  • Jeevak M. Parpia

    (Cornell University)

Abstract

Evidence of fluctuations in transport have long been predicted in 3He. They are expected to contribute only within 100μK of Tc and play a vital role in the theoretical modeling of ordering; they encode details about the Fermi liquid parameters, pairing symmetry, and scattering phase shifts. It is expected that they will be of crucial importance for transport probes of the topologically nontrivial features of superfluid 3He under strong confinement. Here we characterize the temperature and pressure dependence of the fluctuation signature, by monitoring the quality factor of a quartz tuning fork oscillator. We have observed a fluctuation-driven reduction in the viscosity of bulk 3He, finding data collapse consistent with the predicted theoretical behavior.

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  • Rakin N. Baten & Yefan Tian & Eric N. Smith & Erich J. Mueller & Jeevak M. Parpia, 2023. "Observation of suppressed viscosity in the normal state of 3He due to superfluid fluctuations," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-41422-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41422-3
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