Escape rate of two-dimensional electrons on a liquid helium surface around 1 K

✍ Scribed by Yasuhiro Iye; Kimitoshi KŌno; Koji Kajita; Wataru Sasaki

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 494 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-2291
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00114939

✦ Synopsis

Electron escape from a two-dimensional surface state on liquid helium to three-dimensional free space is studied. A thermal-activation-type temperature dependence of the escape rate is observed at 1.1 > T > O. 9 K for the first time. The mechanism of electron escape is discussed.