%0 Generic %1 walmsley2012chirality %A Walmsley, P. M. %A Golov, A. I. %D 2012 %K chiral %T Chirality of superfluid 3He-A %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1627 %X We have used torsional oscillators, containing disk-shaped slabs of superfluid 3He-A, to probe the chiral orbital textures created by cooling into the superfluid state while continuously rotating. Comparing the observed flow-driven textural transitions with numerical simulations of possible textures shows that an oriented monodomain texture with l antiparallel to the angular velocity Omega_0 is left behind after stopping rotation. The bias towards a particular chirality, while in the vortex state, is due to the inequivalence of energies of vortices of opposite circulation. When spun-up from rest, the critical velocity for vortex nucleation depends on the sense of rotation, Omega, relative to that of l. A different type of vorticity, apparently linked to the slab's rim by a domain wall, appears when Omega is parallel to l.

@misc{walmsley2012chirality, abstract = {We have used torsional oscillators, containing disk-shaped slabs of superfluid 3He-A, to probe the chiral orbital textures created by cooling into the superfluid state while continuously rotating. Comparing the observed flow-driven textural transitions with numerical simulations of possible textures shows that an oriented monodomain texture with l antiparallel to the angular velocity Omega_0 is left behind after stopping rotation. The bias towards a particular chirality, while in the vortex state, is due to the inequivalence of energies of vortices of opposite circulation. When spun-up from rest, the critical velocity for vortex nucleation depends on the sense of rotation, Omega, relative to that of l. A different type of vorticity, apparently linked to the slab's rim by a domain wall, appears when Omega is parallel to l.}, added-at = {2012-09-10T22:37:01.000+0200}, author = {Walmsley, P. M. and Golov, A. I.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ca6f8ea1898d55bff16a782627a2778a/vakaryuk}, description = {Chirality of superfluid 3He-A}, interhash = {c6a710725454ce94134f4ec18e6b2cef}, intrahash = {ca6f8ea1898d55bff16a782627a2778a}, keywords = {chiral}, note = {cite arxiv:1209.1627 Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures}, timestamp = {2012-09-10T22:37:02.000+0200}, title = {Chirality of superfluid 3He-A}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1627}, year = 2012 }