Strong Coupling Corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Superfluid ^{3}He

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dc.creatorChoi, H.
dc.creatorDavis, J. P.
dc.creatorPollanen, J.
dc.creatorHaard, T. M.
dc.creatorHalperin, W. P.
dc.date2007-11-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:44:11Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:44:11Z
dc.descriptionIn the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid $^{3}$He, the free energy is expressed as an expansion of invariants of a complex order parameter. Strong coupling effects, which increase with increasing pressure, are embodied in the set of coefficients of these order parameter invariants\cite{Leg75,Thu87}. Experiments can be used to determine four independent combinations of the coefficients of the five fourth order invariants. This leaves the phenomenological description of the thermodynamics near $T_{c}$ incomplete. Theoretical understanding of these coefficients is also quite limited. We analyze our measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and the NMR frequency shift in the $B$-phase which refine the four experimental inputs to the phenomenological theory. We propose a model based on existing experiments, combined with calculations by Sauls and Serene\cite{Sau81} of the pressure dependence of these coefficients, in order to determine all five fourth order terms. This model leads us to a better understanding of the thermodynamics of superfluid $^{3}$He in its various states. We discuss the surface tension of bulk superfluid $^{3}$He and predictions for novel states of the superfluid such as those that are stabilized by elastic scattering of quasiparticles from a highly porous silica aerogel.
dc.description9 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3225
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3225
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.174503
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/142573
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.titleStrong Coupling Corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Superfluid ^{3}He
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