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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2006 Volume 84, Issue 8, Pages 533–538 (Mi jetpl1170)

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FIELDS, PARTICLES, AND NUCLEI

Random anisotropy disorder in superfluid $\mathrm{^3He-A}$ in aerogel

G. E. Volovikab

a Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology
b Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, RAS

Abstract: The anisotropic superfluid $\mathrm{^3He-A}$ in aerogel provides an interesting example of a system with continuous symmetry in the presence of random anisotropy disorder. Recent NMR experiments allow us to discuss two regimes of the orientational disorder, which have different NMR properties. One of them, the ($s$)-state, is identified as the pure Larkin-Imry-Ma state. The structure of another state, the $(f)$-state, is not very clear: probably it is the Larkin-Imry-Ma state contaminated by the network of the topological defects pinned by aerogel.

PACS: 61.30.-v, 67.57.-z, 75.10.Nr

Received: 18.09.2006

Language: English


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2006, 84:8, 455–460

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