Charged complexes at the surface of liquid helium
Abstract
Charged clusters in liquid helium in an external electric field form a two‑dimensional system below the helium surface. This 2D system undergoes a phase transition from a liquid to a Wigner crystal at rather high temperatures. Contrary to the electron Wigner crystal, the Wigner lattice of charged clusters can be detected directly.
- Publication:
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Physica Status Solidi B Basic Research
- Pub Date:
- May 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1002/pssb.200301800
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0210520
- Bibcode:
- 2003PSSBR.237..260D
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics;
- Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
- E-Print:
- 6 pages, 1 figure