Abstract
We have used a4He circulating dilution refrigerator to produce cold liquid3He with a steady state out-of-equilibrium nuclear spin polarization. Polarizations on the order of 15% (more than 7 times higher than the equilibrium polarization in the external field of 6.6 T) have been obtained in the mixing chamber of the refrigerator at temperatures between 10 and 15 mK. The polarization is enhanced at high pressure because the molar susceptibility of concentrated3He is larger than that of the dilute phase. The polarization exchange between the dilute and concentrated phases (in direct contact in the heat exchanger of the refrigerator) amplifies the enhancement. The polarization diminishes below a pressure of 2.6 bar. This allows us to scale and reinterpret susceptibility data of the dilute phase1 in combination with the effective mass deduced from osmotic pressure measurements2. We find 1+F a0 = 0.89±1% on the phase separation line in the pressure range 0–20 bar.
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We would like to thank Profs. D.M. Lee and M.S. Tagirov for the many discussions during their visits.