Quantum cavitation in liquid He-3: Dissipation effects

We have investigated the effect that dissipation may have on the cavitation process in normal liquid He-3. Our results indicate that a rather small di ssipation decreases sizeably the quantum-to-thermal crossover temperature T X for cavitation in normal liquid 3He. This is a possible explanation of wh y recent experiments have not yet found clear evidence of quantum cavitatio n at temperatures below the T* predicted by calculations which neglect diss ipation. [S0163-1829(99)00429-3].