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Thin helium film on a glass substrate
We investigate by Monte Carlo simulations the structure, energetics and
superfluid properties of thin helium-four films (up to four layers) on a glass
substrate, at low temperature. The first adsorbed layer is found to be solid
and "inert", i.e., atoms are localized and do not participate to quantum
exchanges. Additional layers are liquid, with no clear layer separation above
the second one. It is found that a single helium-three impurity resides on the
outmost layer, not significantly further away from the substrate than
helium-four atoms on the same layer.Comment: Six figures, submitted for publication to the Journal of Low
Temperature Physic
Variational Calculations for He Impurities on He Droplets
Variational Monte Carlo method is used to calculate ground state properties
of He droplets, containing 70, 112, 168, 240, 330, and 728 particles. The
resulting particle and kinetic energy densities are used as an input in the
Feynman-Lekner theory for He impurities. The kinetic energy density of
He atoms and the energy of the He surface states are compared with the
results of previous phenomenological calculations.Comment: 12 pages, in revtex 3.0, with 5 .ps figure
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Longitudinal NMR Relaxation of Degenerate 2-D 3He in 4He Films
The NMR spin-lattice relaxation time T1 of a degenerate submonolayer coverage of 3He in a thin adsorbed 4He film has been measured. As a function of 4He coverage, T1 exhibits a maximum and undergoes a change in temperature dependence at a coverage near that of the superfluid transition in the underlying 4He film. Two relaxation mechanisms contribute to the observed T1