Nucleation of vortices by rapid thermal quench

Authors
Aranson, IS Kopnin, NB Vinokur, VM
Citation
Is. Aranson et al., Nucleation of vortices by rapid thermal quench, PHYS REV L, 83(13), 1999, pp. 2600-2603
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
13
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2600 - 2603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990927)83:13<2600:NOVBRT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
By numerical and analytical study of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equ ation we show that vortex nucleation in superfluid He-3 by rapid thermal qu ench in the presence of superflow is dominated by a transverse instability of the moving normal-superfluid interface. Exact expressions for the instab ility threshold as a function of supercurrent density and the front velocit y are found.