Coupling of phonons to a helium atom adsorbed on graphite

R. D. Williams; M. W. Cole; S. E. Koonin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.28.1076

Coupling of phonons to a helium atom adsorbed on graphite

R. D. Williams, M. W. Cole, S. E. Koonin

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We compute the self-energy for a He4 atom adsorbed on graphite to second order in the phonon coupling. The phonon contributions amount to several degrees Kelvin. The imaginary part corresponds to a lifetime of some 10-11 s.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1076-1080
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.28.1076
State	Published - 1983

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Coupling of phonons to a helium atom adsorbed on graphite

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