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Critical current for the flow of superfluid3He in a confined geometry

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We determine in a simple model the depression of the critical current in the B phase of superfluid3He due to the presence of boundaries. Results are given for a parallel-plate and a cylindrical geometry, using both analytical and numerical solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau equations.

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  1. Physics Laboratory, H. C. Ørsted Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Karsten W. Jacobsen & Henrik Smith

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Jacobsen, K.W., Smith, H. Critical current for the flow of superfluid3He in a confined geometry. J Low Temp Phys 67, 83–89 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01070651

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