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The vortices of superfluid 3He

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In the superfluid phases of 3He quantized vortex lines have been investigated under uniform rotation, when they form a regular array of rectilinear objects. A large diversity exists in the structure and properties of vortices, owing to the complicated nature of symmetry breaking in the different superfluid phases. A review is presented here on the various experimentally verified types of vortices. Recent measurements open a puzzling problem about their interaction and interconnection at the first-order phase boundary separating the A and B phases of superfluid 3He.

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An invited contribution to the Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids 1992, June 15–19, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802.

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Krusius, M. The vortices of superfluid 3He. J Low Temp Phys 91, 233–273 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00125425

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