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Heat Capacity of ^3He in Aerogel

Superconductivity 2009-11-07 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

The heat capacity of pure ^3He in low density aerogel is measured at 22.5 bar. The superfluid response is simultaneously monitored with a torsional oscillator. A slightly rounded heat capacity peak, 65 mu K in width, is observed at the ^3He-aerogel superfluid transition, T_{ca}. Subtracting the bulk ^3He contribution, the heat capacity shows a Fermi-liquid form above T_{ca}. The heat capacity attributed to superfluid within the aerogel can be fit with a rounded BCS form, and accounts for 0.30 of the non-bulk fluid in the aerogel, indicating a substantial reduction in the superfluid order parameter consistent with earlier superfluid density measurements.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0205053,
  title  = {Heat Capacity of ^3He in Aerogel},
  author = {Jizhong He and A. D. Corwin and J. M. Parpia and J. D. Reppy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0205053},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures