Half-Quantum Vortices in Superfluid Helium

Abstract

This is the manuscript version of the Physics ViewPoint article introducing the paper "Observation of half-quantum vortices in topological superfluid ${}^3$He", by S. Autti et al., which appeared in Physical Review Letters, December 14, 2016.

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• Observation of half-height magnetization steps in Sr2RuO4
• Observation of half-quantum vortices in topological superfluid 3He
• Polar phase of superfluid 3He in anisotropic aerogel
• Half-Quantum Vortices in an Antiferromagnetic Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate
• Half-quantum vortices in polar phase of superfluid He-3
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