Abstract
A review of recent investigations of transport properties of surface state electrons on superfluid He-3 is given. The surface state electrons in this temperature region form the Wigner solid (WS), a triangular lattice of electrons with a typical lattice constant of 1 mu m. The WS is accompanied with a shallow corrugation of He surface commensurate with the WS. A model is introduced to interpret the observed WS resistivity. The model takes into account specular quasiparticle (QP) reflection from the moderately corrugated free surface, and treats the QP as if it is a quasiclassical particle. After adopting anisotropic properties of superfluid He-3 order parameter and QP energy, the model provides satisfactory account of the observed properties. Preliminary results of mobility measurements of ions trapped below superfluid He-3-B are also given.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 288-300 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Low Temperature Physics |
| Volume | 158 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| State | Published - Sep 2009 |
| Event | 17th International Conference on Quantum Fluids and Solids - Evanston, Israel Duration: 5 Aug 2009 → 11 Aug 2009 |
Keywords
- Superfluid He-3
- Surface
- Wigner solid
- Surface state electrons
- Electron bubble
- Snowball
- STRONG MAGNETIC-FIELDS
- POSITIVE-ION MOBILITY
- NEGATIVE-IONS
- COLLECTIVE MODES
- ANDREEV REFLECTION
- RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
- LIQUID-HELIUM
- B-PHASE
- TRANSPORT
- PARAMETERS