Phys. Rev. Lett. 29, 1227 - 1230 (1972)Interpretation of Recent Results on He3 below 3 mK: A New Liquid Phase? |
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A. J. Leggett
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, England
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Received 5 September 1972
It is demonstrated that recent NMR results in 3He indicate that at 2.65 mK, the liquid makes a second-order transition to a phase in which the "spin-orbit" symmetry is spontaneously broken. The hypothesis that this phase is a BCS-type phase in which pairs form with l odd, S=1, Sz=±1 leads to reasonable agreement with both NMR and thermodynamic data, but involves some difficulties as to stability.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v29/p1227
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.29.1227
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Erratum: A. J. Leggett, Interpretation of Recent Results on He3 Below 3 mK: A New Liquid Phase?, Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 411 (1973)
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