Zero Sound Mode in Normal Liquid {sup 3}He

Inelastic x-ray scattering has been utilized to study the elementary excitations of normal liquid {sup 3}He at the temperature T=1.10{+-}0.05 K and saturated vapor pressure in the wave vector range 0.15{<=}Q{<=}3.15 A{sup -1}. The present data provide direct information on the zero-sound mode in the mesoscopic wave vector range where it was expected to decay into particle-hole excitations. The obtained results show no evidence of such a decay: the zero-sound mode remains well defined in the whole explored wave number range, thus witnessing a continuous transition of the atom dynamics from the collective to the single particle regime similarly to what is usually found in simple liquids.