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New methods for nuclear cooling into the microkelvin regime

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We describe the philosophy and practice of a new method of nuclear cooling in which the copper refrigerant is immersed directly in the3He sample to be cooled using a guard cell configuration. The method has been used to cool liquid3He to ∼120 µK. We also describe a variant of the method intended for cooling metallic samples, by which a platinum NMR thermometer has been cooled to ∼13 µK. Finally, in an appendix we suggest a very simple nuclear cooling method utilizing the copper flakes used in the manufacture of paint, which will cool liquid3He to around 1 mK with a minimum of cryogenic effort.

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  1. D. I. Bradley

    Present address: Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, UK

  2. W. P. Pratt Jr.

    Present address: Physics Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK

    D. I. Bradley, A. M. Guénault, V. Keith, C. J. Kennedy, I. E. Miller, S. G. Mussett, G. R. Pickett & W. P. Pratt Jr.

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Bradley, D.I., Guénault, A.M., Keith, V. et al. New methods for nuclear cooling into the microkelvin regime. J Low Temp Phys 57, 359–390 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00681199

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