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Canadian Journal of Physics

Experiments with negative ions in rotating superfluid 3He–A

Olli V. Lounasmaa, Juha Simola, Kaj K. Nummila, J. S. Korhonen, L. Skrbek

Published Nov 1, 1987• 1 citation
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Abstract

Ion-mobility experiments on rotating superfluid 3He–A show that the l-vector texture in the liquid strongly focuses ions to vortex cores and that two different kinds of vortices, with clearly different ion mobilities along their cores, exist in the A phase, depending on the preparation of the rotating state and on the external magnetic field.

DOI
10.1139/p87-229

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Experiments with negative ions in rotating superfluid $^{3}\mathrm{He}\ensuremath{-}A$ show strong retardation and deformation of ion pulses drifting parallel to the angular velocity $\ensuremath{\Omega}$. This is caused by the interaction between the ions and the l\mathbf{l}l texture in the soft cores of AAA-phase vortices. The interaction is mediated by the anisotropic ion mobility: $\mathbf{v}={\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}\mathbf{E}\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\mu}(\mathbf{E}\ifmmode\cdot\else\textperiodcentered\fi{}\mathbf{l})\mathbf{l}$. The ($\ensuremath{\Omega},T$) dependence of the retardation is explained by a model that assumes focusing of ions into the vortex cores, along which the mobility ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{c}$ is lower than that in the bulk liquid, ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}$. We find ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{c}={\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}\ensuremath{-}0.6\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\mu}$.
First experiments suggesting the presence of singular vortices in rotating 3A^{3}\mathit{A}3A are reported. Our studies on the interaction between negative ions and vortex textures verify the existence of the continuous vortices seen earlier by NMR, but evidence for a new vortex state with high ion mobility along the core is also found. The nucleation of the new vortex depends on the external magnetic field and the rotation history of the sample.
The mobility of negative ions trapped on linear vortices in rotating superfluid helium has been measured by a time-of-flight technique in the temperature range $0.8\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}\mathrm{K}<T<1.6\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}\mathrm{K}$. Measurements could not be extended below 0.8\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K because, contrary to the present theory, the ion escape rate became too large. No evidence of direct trapping of positive ions by vortex lines was observed down to 0.4\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K. The trapped-ion mobility is interpreted in terms of scattering of the ion by thermal distributions of quantized vortex waves and rotons localized about the vortex axis.