Surface Specific Heat of $^{3}$He and Andreev Bound States


Abstract in English

High resolution measurements of the specific heat of liquid $^{3}$He in the presence of a silver surface have been performed at temperatures near the superfluid transition in the pressure range of 1 to 29 bar. The surface contribution to the heat capacity is identified with Andreev bound states of $^{3}$He quasiparticles that have a range of half a coherence length.

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