Positive impurity ions in He II

Warren W. Johnson*, William I. Glaberson

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Abstract

We have developed a technique for introducing a variety of impurity atomic ions into liquid helium and measuring their mobility. We find that, in contrast with predictions of the "snowball" model of Atkins, the ion mobility depends on the atomic number of the core ion in a way that cannot be explained simply in terms of the mass of the ion. The relative mobility of Ca40 and Ca48 ions has been measured and is consistent with existing theories.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)214-217
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1972
Externally publishedYes

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