Published June 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Heat capacity of microscopic liquid 3He droplets in silver

  • 1. Universitaet Bayreuth (West Germany)
  • 2. Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Juelich (West Germany)

Description

We report on heat-capacity measurements of liquid 3He droplets in a Ag matrix at 15 mK≤T≤1 K. The samples have been prepared by implanting about 0.1 at.% 3He in 42 μm thick Ag Foils. Annealing of the foils results in high-pressure 3He gas bubbles of diameters between 50 angstrom and 150 angstrom; the 3He in the bubbles liquefies when the metal foils are cooled to low temperatures. After each annealing step we measured the low-temperature thermal relaxation time of the foils and determined in this way the heat capacity of the 3He droplets. The results differ from the specific heat of bulk liquid 3He. We will discuss possible origins of this deviation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
5-6
Series
J. Low Temp. Phys.
Journal Page Range
341-359
ISSN
0022-2291
CODEN
JLTPA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22006957
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
DATA PROCESSING; DROPLETS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELIUM 3; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING METHODS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILVER; SUPERFLUIDITY; ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE
Descriptors DEC
DATA; ELEMENTS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; METALS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS