Phonon-Ripplon Coupling and the Two-Dimensional Electron Solid on a Liquid-Helium Surface
- 19 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 42 (12) , 798-801
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.42.798
Abstract
We analyze the vibrational modes of a two-dimensional electron solid, coupled to the ripplon modes of a liquid-helium surface, as a function of temperature and external electric pressing field. Resonance observed experimentally by Grimes and Adams are thereby explained.Keywords
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