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PREPRINT 14/1996


C. MALYSHEV

HIGHER CORRECTIONS TO THE MASS CURRENT IN THE WEAKLY INHOMOGENEOUS $^{3}$He --A

This preprint was accepted December 1996.
Contact: C. Malyshev

ABSTRACT:
Two new general representations (the series and the integral) for the mass 
current $\vj$ in weakly inhomogeneous superfluid $A$-phase of Helium--3 are 
obtained near zero of temperature by solving the Dyson--Gorkov equation. These 
representations result in  additional correcting contribution to the standard 
leading expression for $\vj$ which is of first order in gradients of the 
orbital angular momentum vector $\hl$. A self-contained integral formula for 
the total supplementary term is deduced, and, provided the London limit holds, 
the procedure is advanced to expand it at $T=0$ asymptotically by the Laplace 
method in powers of gradients of $\hl$. Three special static orientations of 
$\hl$ with respect to its curl are considered to calculate the higher 
correcting terms up to third order. Coefficients at the quadratic terms are 
estimated numerically, new cubic contributions are found which contain the 
logarithm of the London parameter. Bibliography--30.


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