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Temperature dependence of the neutral current in liquid helium

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We compute the energies of the bound state of an excited helium atom on the surface of liquid helium in a simple model. The consequent temperature dependence of the neutral current is in qualitative agreement with experiment.

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  1. W. Holcomb

    Present address: Physics Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  1. University of Oxford, Oxford, England

    W. Holcomb

  2. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    J. W. Halley

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Research supported in part by NSF Grant GH-34890.

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Holcomb, W., Halley, J.W. Temperature dependence of the neutral current in liquid helium. J Low Temp Phys 20, 365–371 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00117802

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