Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures

Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures

Abstract We present a new mechanical probe to study the properties of superfluid 3He at microkelvin temperatures down to 100 μK. The setup consists of a set of coils for levitating a superconducting sphere and controlling its motion in a wide variety of regimes. In particular, the realisation of mot...

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Main Authors: Manuel Arrayás, José L. Trueba, Carlos Uriarte, Dmitry E. Zmeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99316-7
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spelling doaj-65d76f5e24c746ab9d78b03a335020042021-10-10T11:27:21ZengNature Publishing GroupScientific Reports2045-23222021-10-011111710.1038/s41598-021-99316-7Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperaturesManuel Arrayás0José L. Trueba1Carlos Uriarte2Dmitry E. Zmeev3Área de Electromagnetismo, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosÁrea de Electromagnetismo, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosÁrea de Electromagnetismo, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosDepartment of Physics, Lancaster UniversityAbstract We present a new mechanical probe to study the properties of superfluid 3He at microkelvin temperatures down to 100 μK. The setup consists of a set of coils for levitating a superconducting sphere and controlling its motion in a wide variety of regimes. In particular, the realisation of motion of a levitating body at a uniform velocity presents both an experimental challenge and a promising direction into the study of the edge states in topological superfluid 3He-B. We include the theoretical study of the device stability and simulations to illustrate the capabilities of the control system.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99316-7
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Carlos Uriarte
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Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures
Scientific Reports
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title Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures
title_short Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures
title_full Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures
title_fullStr Design of a system for controlling a levitating sphere in superfluid 3He at extremely low temperatures
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description Abstract We present a new mechanical probe to study the properties of superfluid 3He at microkelvin temperatures down to 100 μK. The setup consists of a set of coils for levitating a superconducting sphere and controlling its motion in a wide variety of regimes. In particular, the realisation of motion of a levitating body at a uniform velocity presents both an experimental challenge and a promising direction into the study of the edge states in topological superfluid 3He-B. We include the theoretical study of the device stability and simulations to illustrate the capabilities of the control system.
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