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We develop a quasi-classical theory to study the A-phase texture with a coreless vortex like the Mermin-Ho texture in a cylinder. We consider both the cases of cylinder with specular surface and diffusive surface. In case of the diffusive surface, we find a Mermin-Ho type texture at higher temperatures but with the order parameter suppressed near the surface. In the case of specular surface, however, we find a surface correction to the order parameter. The mass current distribution and the total angular momentum are also discussed.
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Nagai, K. Quasi-classical Theory of the A-phase of Superfluid 3He-A in a Cylinder. J Low Temp Phys 175, 44–50 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-013-0940-4
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