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VISCOSITY INCREASE UPON SPIN POLARIZATION OF A DILUTE FERMI GAS
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • D CANDELA
  • LJ WEI
  • DR MCALLASTER
  • WJ Mullin
Publication Date
1991
Abstract

A vibrating-wire technique has been used to directly measure the viscosity increase in a dilute 3-4He solution caused by brute-force spin polarization up to 40%. The viscosity of a solution with degeneracy temperature TF=19.5 mK was measured over the temperature range 6.1–100 mK in magnetic fields of 1.00 and 7.96 T. Spin polarization caused a marked decrease in the mechanical Q of the viscometer at low temperatures. The observed viscosity is compared with calculations of the transport coefficients of dilute quantum gases for all temperatures and spin polarizations.

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Published version located at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v67/i3/p330_1
Pages
330-333
Citation Information
D CANDELA, LJ WEI, DR MCALLASTER and WJ Mullin. "VISCOSITY INCREASE UPON SPIN POLARIZATION OF A DILUTE FERMI GAS" PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Vol. 67 Iss. 3 (1991)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_mullin/1/