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Absence of an orientational electric field effect in superfluid 3He-A

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Measurements at 29.4 bar using zero-sound propagation, which is very sensitive to the orientation of the % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiiYdd9qrFfea0dXdf9vqai-hEir8Ve% ea0de9qq-hbrpepeea0db9q8as0-LqLs-Jirpepeea0-as0Fb9pgea% 0lrP0xe9Fve9Fve9qapdbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaamaabaabcaGcba% GabmiBayaajaaaaa!3C6D!\[\hat l\] field in 3He-A, show that any steady orientational effect of an electric field is less than ±10−3 of the value expected from the simple theory.

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This work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract EY-76-S-03-0034, P.A. 143.

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Paulson, D.N., Wheatley, J.C. Absence of an orientational electric field effect in superfluid 3He-A. J Low Temp Phys 33, 277–283 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00114999

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