Charged Droplets in Cryogenic ⁴He Vapor

Authors

G. Akinci
J. A. Northby, University of Rhode IslandFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2-26-1979

Abstract

We have measured the mobility of positive ions in ⁴He vapor for temperatures between 1.3 and 2.0 K and for saturation ratios between 0.1 and 1.0. We present a model which relates the size of a charged droplet to its mobility and find good quantitative agreement with our data when we calculate the size of the droplet which forms about the ion with classical macroscopic thermodynamic arguments. The radius thus obtained ranges from 7 to 9 Å.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

\Akinci, G., & Northby, J. A. (1978). Charged Droplets in Cryogenic ⁴He Vapor. Physical Review Letters, 42(9), 573-576. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.573

Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.573

Publisher Statement

©1979 The American Physical Society