Acoustic Spectroscopy of Superfluid 3He in Aerogel in the Presence of a Magnetic Field
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We have constructed a silver alloy cell to investigate low frequency sound propagation in 3 He-filled aerogel at various magnetic fields. In this apparatus, two sound modes were observed in the superfluid phase. We observed both the first sound-like mode (fast mode) which is a compression wave also seen in the normal state and the second sound-like mode (slow mode) which is attributed to the out-of-phase oscillation of the superfluid and normal components of 3 He clamped to the aerogel matrix. The values of Tc and s can be extracted from the analysis of these two modes. In addition, a Helmholtz resonance provides an in-situ signature of the bulk superfluid transition and allows us to also determine the bulk s. By measuring these quantities over a range of applied magnetic fields we hope to explore the P, T, H phase diagram of 3 He in aerogel.
