The quantized quasiparticle spectrum associated with the bending in an $\hat{l}$ texture is most readily seen in the ultrasonic attenuation at low temperatures (say $\frac{T}{T_c}\lesssim 0.3$). The attenuation coefficient has a strong frequency dependence for $\hslash \omega ={\Delta }_0{\left(2\mathrm{}\epsilon \right)}^{\frac{1}{2}}[p^{\frac{1}{2}}+{\mathrm{}(p+1\mathrm{})\mathrm{}}^{\frac{1}{2}}]$, where $p$ is an integer and $\epsilon$ is a bending parameter of the order of ${10}^{-3\mathrm{}}$ typically. We propose a few experimental setups where the necessary texture is created.

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