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Superfluid 3He in rotation

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Experiments on vortices in rotating superfluid 3He have revealed phenomena which have not been observed in any other quantum liquid and have implications in fields beyond low-temperature physics. In 3He-A, vorticity may be supported by a continuous winding of the order parameter which gives rise to the observed continuous coreless vortices with two flow quanta. Exotic vortices with half-integer circulation quanta may also exist in this phase. In 3He-B, an abrupt change in the vortex-core structure has been explained theoretically as a topological phase transition involving half-quantum vortices. NMR experiments on rotating 3He-B have revealed that the cores of vortices observed possess spontaneously broken parity, manifested by their ferromagnetic superfluid cores.

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Mineev, V., Salomaa, M. & Lounasmaa, O. Superfluid 3He in rotation. Nature 324, 333–340 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/324333a0

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