Spin-spin Relaxation Time Measurements of 2D ${}^3$He on Graphite

Spin-spin relaxation time ($T_2$) and magnetic susceptibility ($\chi$) of the second layer ${}^3$He adsorbed on Grafoil, exfoliated graphite, preplated with a monolayer ${}^4$He are studied by pulsed-NMR in a density range of $0.68 \leq \rho \leq 5.28$nm$^{-2}$\mathrm{.}Thetemperaturedependenceof$\chi(T)$and$\chi(T = 0)$ show Fermi fluid behaviour and no evidence of self-condensation are found even at the lowest density $\rho =0.68$ nm${}^{-2}$. Density dependence of $T_2$ at $f=5.5$ MHz shows a broad maximum of 5.7 ms around $\rho =3$ nm${}^{-2}$. Since the decrease of $T_2$ in dilute side can not be expected in the ideal 2D fluid, it can be understood as the relaxation caused by a small amount of solid ${}^3$He at heterogeneity of the substrate. We also measured the Larmor frequency dependence of $T_2$ at $\rho =5.28$ nm${}^{-2}$. $1\mathrm{/}{T}_2$ has a $f$-linear dependence similarly to the earlier study on a first layer solid ${}^3$He. From a comparison between our result and the earlier one, this linearity is almost independent of the particle motion. Now, it could be caused by a microscopic magnetic field inhomogeneity arisen from the mosaic angle spread and diamagnetism of the graphite substrate.