Phase oscillations in superfluid 3He - B weak links

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-435

  Smerzi, A ^a   Raghavan, S ^b,c,d   Fantoni, S ^a,b   Shenoy, S R ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

03.75.Fi Phase coherent atomic ensembles; quantum condensation phenomena; 67.57. z Superfluid phase of liquid 3He; 74.50.+r Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006327945     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10051-001-8695-0     Document Type: Article

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