First measurements of the specific heat of highly polarized liquid He-3

Authors
Wolf, PE Buu, O Puech, L
Citation
Pe. Wolf et al., First measurements of the specific heat of highly polarized liquid He-3, PHYSICA B, 284, 2000, pp. 186-187
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526 → ACNP
Volume
284
Year of publication
2000
Part
1
Pages
186 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(200007)284:<186:FMOTSH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report the first measurements of the specific heat of highly polarized l iquid He-3. The specific heat is observed to decrease with increasing polar ization. Our results, which agree with a quadratic extrapolation of the low polarization behaviour deduced from the temperature dependence of the magn etic susceptibility through Maxwell's relation, are in contradiction with V ollhardt's 'nearly solid' model of liquid He-3. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B .V. All rights reserved.