Electrons on Films of Helium: A Quantum Mechanical Two-Dimensional Fermion System
- 20 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (25) , 2021-2023
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.2021
Abstract
The phase diagram of electrons on films of helium is investigated with use of simple qualitative ideas. It is shown that several new very interesting experimentally accessible regimes are possible. Quantum effects can be important and a new fluidlike state () appears.
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