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Direct measurements of the Andreev reflection of the quasiparticles excitations in superfluid 3He-B in the ballistic regime at 0.5 bar using a quartz tuning fork are presented. Based on these measurements, we were able to determine the value of the ratio Δ(0)/kT c to be 1.71, in reasonable agreement with previous measurements. Moreover, it seems that Andreev reflection of excitations gives a possibility to determine the value of the constant λ characterizing the velocity field profile. This value for a tuning fork was estimated to be 1.28, different from that for cylindrical wire (λ∼0.95), suggesting that the anti-phase oscillatory motion and the geometry of the tuning prongs lead to an enhancement of the velocity of the superfluid flow.
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Bradley, D.I., Človečko, M., Gažo, E. et al. Probing Andreev Reflection in Superfluid 3He-B Using a Quartz Tuning Fork. J Low Temp Phys 152, 147–155 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-008-9815-5
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