Bubbles Containing 4, 6 and 12 Electrons in Liquid Helium-3

We have performed calculations of the properties of bubbles in liquid helium containing small numbers of electrons. We use an iterative approach to estimate the energy of the electrons inside a bubble of given shape, and then vary the shape of the bubble to find the minimum energy. For helium-3 we s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2014-01, Vol.568 (1), p.12010-5
Hauptverfasser: Wei, Wanchun, Xie, Zhuolin, Maris, Humphrey J
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Zusammenfassung:We have performed calculations of the properties of bubbles in liquid helium containing small numbers of electrons. We use an iterative approach to estimate the energy of the electrons inside a bubble of given shape, and then vary the shape of the bubble to find the minimum energy. For helium-3 we show that at zero applied pressure bubbles containing 4 electrons are unstable against breakup into single electron bubbles, but are stable at pressures between -0.23 and -0.15 bars. Bubbles with 6 electrons are stable between -0.17 and -0.05 bars and bubbles with 12 electrons are stable over the pressure range -0.1 to 0.08 bars.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/568/1/012010