Abstract
It is demonstrated that recent NMR results in 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 odd, , leads to reasonable agreement with both NMR and thermodynamic data, but involves some difficulties as to stability.
- Received 5 September 1972
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.29.1227
©1972 American Physical Society
Erratum
Interpretation of Recent Results on Below 3 mK: A New Liquid Phase?
A. J. Leggett
Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 411 (1973)
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