Spin transport in very dilute He-3-He-4 at very high B/T

Publication Date

2002

Journal or Book Title

JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS

Abstract

We report preliminary results for pulsed-NMR measurements on a very dilute 3 He- 4 He mixture (x 3 =900 ppm) in a 14.74 T field at temperatures down to 3 mK. The aim of the project is to investigate low temperature transverse spin relaxation and possible spin diffusion anisotropy. Spin-echo and T1-type measurements were employed to measure the transverse and longitudinal spin diffusion coefficients. At high temperatures both spin diffusion coefficients are well explained assuming a quasiparticle interaction consistent with previous experiments. Conversely, at low temperatures the measured value of |lambdaohgrtaubottom| is apparently limited to about ten by a poorly-understood process that accelerates spin-echo decay. This hampers an accurate determination of the transverse diffusion coefficient at the lowest temperatures reached.

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Published version at http://www.springerlink.com/content/hnl86766884013g5/

Pages

109-114

Volume

126

Issue

1-2

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