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The temperature dependence of electron mobility is examined. We calculate the contribution to the electron scattering rate from the surface level atoms (SLAs), proposed in [10]. This contribution is substantial at low temperatures T < 0.5, when the He vapor concentration is exponentially small. We also study the effect of depopulation of the lowest energy subband, which leads to an increase in the electron mobility at high temperature. The results explain certain long-standing discrepancies between the existing theory and experiment on electron mobility on the surface of liquid helium.
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Grigoriev, P.D., Dyugaev, A.M. & Lebedeva, E.V. Electron mobility on the surface of liquid Helium: influence of surface level atoms and depopulation of lowest subbands. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 106, 316–325 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776108020106
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