Point and line singularities in superfluid3He

14 April 1978

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics

Vol. 11 (7) , 1351-1359
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/11/7/024

Abstract

Textures of superfluid ³He with point or line singularities are studied by looking for local minima of the free energy in the A, B and A₁ phases. It is found that whereas disgyrations occur in all three phases, 'hedgehogs' occur only in the B phase, in bulk superfluid.

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