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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 08/1995 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Journal of Low Temperature Physics |
Issue number | 3-4 |
Volume | 100 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Pages (from-to) | 241-252 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Very dilute He-3-He-4 solutions provide a model system for the study of the effects of magnetic polarisation. It was proposed by the Lancaster group(1) that a ''pumping'' effect of He-3 should be observed under appropriate conditions in these solutions, In a strong magnetic field gradient, the He-3 should be pumped from the low field region towards the high field region, in which the He-3 is polarised We have now observed this effect in 0.1% and 0.06% solutions, using a vibrating wire resonator in the low field region as the concentration indicator. The concentration change of a few percent under our present experimental conditions (9 T maximum field, 10 mK) is of the expected magnitude so that development of the technique can now be considered.