Published October 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Classical mechanics at T=0: Mobility of negative ions in 3He

  • 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

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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