| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N28498/01 |
| Title: |
SPIN DYNAMICS OF HE-3 AND HE-3/HE-4 SOLUTIONS IN BULK AND IN AEROGEL AT HIGH B/T |
| Principal Investigator: |
Owers-Bradley, Professor JR |
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Sch of Physics & Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 August 2000 |
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31 July 2002 |
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116,084
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With Professor Candela of University of Massachusetts (a recent visiting EPSRC visiting fellow in Nottingham), we have devised high field nmr experiments to be performed on He-3 in an Aerogel matrix. The call has been built in UMASS and will be installed in the Nottingham high field/ultra-low temperature facility. We will investigate the spin dynamics of the normal phase He-3 at 11.8 tesla and temperatures down to 2-3mK complimenting work done elsewhere at much lower fields. Preplating with He-4 will be used to modify the surface layer on the Aerogel. Investigations of the transverse and longitudinal relaxation will be performed in He-3 and saturated He-3/He-4 mixtures in order to study the effect of disorder on diffusion processes and the Leggettt-Rice effect. We also plan to study the behaviour of spin polarised dilute solutions in bulk and in the Aerogel and, at a somewhat lower fields (3T), superfluid He-3 in the Aerogel. The theory of the spin dynamics will be developed in parallel in order to analyse and interpret the results of the experiments.
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