Thermodynamic Potential for Superfluid 3He in Aerogel

被引:8
作者
Ali, Sarosh [1 ]
Zhang, Liangsheng [1 ,2 ]
Sauls, J. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[2] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Superfluid He-3; Aerogel; Gapless superfluid; Thermodynamics; PHASE-TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTORS; SCATTERING; ENERGY; STATE;
D O I
10.1007/s10909-010-0310-4
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We present a free energy functional for superfluid He-3 in the presence of homogeneously distributed impurity disorder which extends the Ginzburg-Landau free energy functional to all temperatures. We use the new free energy functional to calculate the thermodynamic potential, entropy, heat capacity and density of states for the B-phase of superfluid He-3 in homogeneous, isotropic aerogel.
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页码:233 / 242
页数:10
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