11:00 – 18:00, 16th September 2015, University of Manchester
Organised by the History of Physics and Low Temperature Groups of the Institute of Physics
The principle of cooling below 0.3K by dissolving the isotope 3He in liquid 4He was proposed by Heinz London in the early 1950s. It was realised in 1964 in Leiden (0.22K), in 1965 in Manchester (0.065K), in 1966 in Dubna near Moscow (0.025K) and in 1967 in Urbana (0.0045K). Since then dilution refrigerators have become the method of choice for continuous cooling to millikelvin temperatures, and hundreds of refrigerators were built and sold world-wide. Presentations by pioneers of the field will cover topics from the early developments in the 60s to further advances in the technology and its use in studies of condensed matter, particle physics and astrophysics.
Registration
Free registration through the IOP conference site
Venue
Rutherford Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building (ground floor), Brunswick Street, Manchester M13 9PL
Contact
Professor Andrei Golov
Email: andrei.golov@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: (+44 161) 275 4068
For further information on its principles, importance and history, read Celebrating 50 years of dilution refrigeration by Oxford Instruments