Publication Date
2007
Abstract
The viscosity is measured for a Fermi liquid, a dilute 3He-4He mixture, under extremely high magnetic field/temperature conditions (B≤14.8 T, T≥1.5 mK). The spin-splitting energy μB is substantially greater than the Fermi energy kBTF; as a consequence the polarization tends to unity and s-wave quasiparticle scattering is suppressed for T≪TF. Using a novel composite vibrating-wire viscometer an enhancement of the viscosity is observed by a factor of more than 500 over its low-field value. Good agreement is found between the measured viscosity and theoretical predictions based upon a t-matrix formalism.
Pages
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Volume
99
Issue
9
Journal Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Comments
This is the pre-published version which is collected from arXiv. The published version is at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v99/i9/e095301