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Phonon-Ripplon Coupling and the Two-Dimensional Electron Solid on a Liquid-Helium Surface

Daniel S. FisherBell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138Bertrand I. HalperinBell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138P. M. PlatzmanBell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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ABI

Abstract

We analyze the vibrational modes of a two-dimensional electron solid, coupled to the ripplon modes of a liquid-helium surface, as a function of temperature and external electric pressing field. Resonance observed experimentally by Grimes and Adams are thereby explained.

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