We have performed measurements and numerical simulations on a bundle of vortex lines which is expanding along a rotating column of initially vortex-free He-3-B. Expanding vortices form a propagating front: Within the front the superfluid is involved in rotation and behind the front the twisted vortex state forms, which eventually relaxes to the equilibrium vortex state. We have measured the magnitude of the twist and its relaxation rate as function of temperature above 0.3T(c). We also demonstrate that the integrity of the propagating vortex front results from axial superfluid flow, induced by the twist.
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Inst for Basic Sci Korea, Ctr Correlated Elect Syst, Seoul 151747, South Korea
Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Seoul 151747, South Korea
Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USAPrinceton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA