Macroscopic structures on the electron charged surface of liquid 4He

A30 Surface Science 113 (1982) 401-404 North-Holland Publishing Company

401

POLARONIC ASPECTS OF A 2D ELECTRON ON THE SURFACE OF A LIQUID He FILM S.A.JACKSON

and P.M. PLATZMAN

Bell Laboratories, Murray ttill, New Jersey 07974, USA Received 13 July 1981: accepted for publication 8 September 1981

Surface Science 113 (1982) 405-411 North-Holland Publishing Company

405

MACROSCOPIC ELECTRON DIMPLES ON THE SURFACE OF L I Q U I D HELIUM P. L E I D E R E R ,

W. EBNER

a n d V.B. S H I K I N

*

Fachbereich Ph.vsik der Technischen Uni~ersitiit Miinchen, D-8046 Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany Received 13 July 1981~ accepted for publication 28 August 1981 We have investigated the self-trapping of electrons in macroscopic dimples on the surface of liquid 4He. The existence of individual multielectron dimples is demonstrated.

412

Surface Science 113 (1982)412-418 North-Holland Publishing Company

MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURES ON THE ELECTRON CHARGED SURFACE OF LIQUID 4He R.W. GIANNETTA

a n d H. I K E Z I *

Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA Received 16 July 1981: accepted for publication 27 August 1981 The electrically charged surface of liquid 4He is studied optically. Measurements of the depth of macroscopic dimples as a function of electric field yield information about the charge distribution on the deformed surface. We also discuss recent calculations of the energy of dimple lattice and stripe deformations.