FLOW IN THIN-FILMS OF SUPERFLUID HE-3 ON ROUGH SURFACES

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BORKOWSKI, LS [1 ]
HARAN, G [1 ]
JACAK, L [1 ]
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[1] WROCLAW UNIV TECHNOL,INST PHYS,PL-50370 WROCLAW,POLAND
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10.1088/0953-8984/4/48/010
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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The superflow of He-3 in thin films on rough surfaces is studied using the formalism of microscopic theory. The gap equation is solved and the free energy and the superflow are calculated for three two-dimensional states that may exist in films with thickness d approximately xi0. In the absence of flow the two-dimensional B state and the two-dimensional A state are degenerate and energetically more favourable than other two-dimensional states. In the presence of flow the two-dimensional A state has the lowest energy. For increasing superflow there occurs a transition from the two-dimensional A state to the two-dimensional polar state. The order of this transition depends on temperature and the strength of pair breaking on the surface. The theory is compared with recent experimental results.
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