CMT50
On the Coupling of Zero Sound to the J=1- Modes of 3He-B
Author(s):
R.H. McKenzie and J. A. Sauls
Comments:
6 journal pages
Journal:
J. Low Temp. Phys. 90, 337 (1993)
[DOI]
Abstract:
Features in the zero sound attenuation near the pair-breaking edge in superfluid 3He-B have been
observed in large magnetic fields. Schopohl and Tewordt [J. Low Temp. Phys. 57, 601 (1984)]
claim that the
J=1-, M=±1
order-parameter collective modes couple to zero sound as a result of the distortion of the equilibrium
order parameter by a magnetic field; they identify the new features with these modes. However,
we show that, when the effect of gap distortion on the collective modes
is properly taken into account, the collective mode equations of Schopohl and Tewordt yield no
direct coupling of zero sound to the
J=1-
modes. Thus, the identification of the absorption features reported by Ling, Saunders and Dobbs
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 461 (1987)] near the pair-breaking edge with the
J=1-
modes is not clearly established.
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