Fermi-Liquid Droplets in Liquid-Solid Solutions of the Helium Isotopes

Abstract
For temperatures below phase separation of 1000 ppm He3 in solid He4, we measure a heat capacity γT for a pressure between melting of pure He3 and He4. Together with the confined sample geometry, this results in liquid He3 droplets (ϕ103 Å) either dilute or pure depending on the phase diagram topology which is discussed theoretically. In the case of a pure He3 droplet, an anomalously high effective mass m*m=10 is found, which could be explained by paramagnon effects enhanced by the confined geometry.