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Collisionless spin waves in normal and superfluid3He

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Standing spin-wave modes in liquid3He have been studied by cw NMR at Larmor frequencies of 1, 2, and 4 MHz and pressures of 0, 6.3, and 12.3 bar. The spin waves, which produce peaks in the NMR line, are visible at temperatures below 5 mK at zero pressure. With the assumption of a slightly simplified sample shape and no transverse spin relaxation at the walls, the theory of Leggett fits the spin-wave frequencies in the normal liquid very well, giving a value of the Fermi liquid parameterF a1 =−0.6±0.2 at zero pressure. The width of some of the peaks is larger than expected from other determinations of the quasiparticle diffusion time τ D . This could be due to wall relaxation or to deviations from the assumed sample geometry. In the superfluid A1 and A phases, where the data cannot be fitted to existing theories, the spin-wave modes are shifted in frequency and suffer additional damping as the temperature is decreased. At still lower temperatures in the B phase an inversion of the spin-wave spectrum from one side of the NMR line to the other is observed, agreeing quantitatively with the predictions of the 1975 theory of Combescot.

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Candela, D., Masuhara, N., Sherrill, D.S. et al. Collisionless spin waves in normal and superfluid3He. J Low Temp Phys 63, 369–399 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00681488

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