Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2600–2603 (1999)Nucleation of Vortices by Rapid Thermal QuenchReceived 29 April 1999; published in the issue dated 27 September 1999 By numerical and analytical study of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation we show that vortex nucleation in superfluid 3He by rapid thermal quench in the presence of superflow is dominated by a transverse instability of the moving normal-superfluid interface. Exact expressions for the instability threshold as a function of supercurrent density and the front velocity are found. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2600
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2600
PACS:
67.57.Fg, 05.70.Fh, 74.40.+k
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