Published October 1, 1990
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Journal article
Classical mechanics at T=0: Mobility of negative ions in 3He
Creators
- 1. Institut fuer Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universitaet Karlsruhe, D-7500 Karlsruhe 1 (Federal Republic of Germany)
Description
We study the dynamics of a heavy particle in a Fermi liquid and find localization transition in the strong-coupling limit in a homogeneous system. The ground state is a wave packet of size <1/kF. In the localized phase the particle behaves as a quantum-mechanical object at short times (Γt much-lt 1) and distances (kFx much-lt 1). Classical behavior is found at T=0 in the long-time and large-distance limit due to the destruction of phase correlations in the system. The particle has a temperature-independent mobility when a uniform field is applied. Our results explain the observed constant mobilty of negative ions in liquid 3He
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 65
- Journal Issue
- 14
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1761-1764
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22021137
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSOLUTE ZERO TEMPERATURE; CLASSICAL MECHANICS; COUPLING; FERMI GAS; HELIUM 3; ION MOBILITY; SUPERFLUIDITY
- Descriptors DEC
- EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MECHANICS; MOBILITY; NUCLEI; PARTICLE MOBILITY; STABLE ISOTOPES