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The properties of two-dimensional electron fluids and crystals bound to a bulk helium surface have been studied extensively for the last decade1. These systems are limited to the classical regime due to theinstability of a highly charged surface to fluctuations. The maximum density on a bulk helium surface is 2.4×109 cm−2. At this density the melting temperature ∝ \( \sqrt{n} \) is ~ 1 K compared to a Fermi energy ∝ n ~ 50 mK. Here n is the electron areal density. The high melting temperature is a result of the large potential energy reduction for the Coulomb interaction in the lattice phase where small electron separations are excluded.
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Dahm, A.J. (1991). Electrons on Helium Films. In: Wyatt, A.F.G., Lauter, H.J. (eds) Excitations in Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Quantum Fluids. NATO ASI Series, vol 257. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5937-1_52
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