Unexpected mass decoupling for He3-He4 films on a solid hydrogen substrate

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  Finley, P T ^a,b   Ebey, P S ^a,c   Hallock, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MONOLAYERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUARTZ;

H2 SUBSTRATE; MIXTURE FILMS; QUARTZ OSCILLATOR MEASUREMENTS; SOLID HYDROGEN SUBSTRATE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34547311248     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.265301     Document Type: Article

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