Phase diagram of turbulence in superfluid 3He-B

No Heading In superfluid ³He-B mutual-friction damping of vortex-line motion decreases roughly exponentially with temperature. We record as a function of temperature and pressure the transition from regular vortex motion at high temperatures to turbulence at low temperatures. The measurements are performed with non-invasive NMR techniques, by injecting vortex loops into a long column in vortex-free rotation. The results display the phase diagram of turbulence at high flow velocities where the transition from regular to turbulent dynamics is velocity independent. At the three measured pressures 10.2, 29.0, and 34 bar, the transition is centered at 0.52–0.59 T_c and has a narrow width of 0.06 T_c while at zero pressure turbulence is not observed above 0.45 T_c.PACS numbers: 47.37, 67.40, 67.57