CROSSOVER FROM FERMI-LIQUID TO CLASSICAL BEHAVIOR OF NORMAL HE-3 IN THE MODEL OF ALMOST LOCALIZED FERMIONS

A phenomenological extension of the model of almost localized fermions to finite temperatures is presented. It is used to calculate thermodynamic properties of the normal state of **3He. No new adjustable parameters are introduced and the effective interaction strength is the same as used by D. Vollhardt. A good qualitative description of the crossover from Fermi liquid to classical behavior in the specific heat, spin susceptibility, and temperature-dependent pressure (or equivalently thermal expansion) is obtained. In particular, key results, such as the change in specific heat when the spin entropy saturates and the change from thermal expansion to thermal contraction at low temperatures are reproduced.