Mobility of a spatially modulated electron liquid on the helium surface

Abstract

We present the results of large-scale numerical simulations of the mobility of a two-dimensional electron liquid on the helium surface in the presence of a one-dimensional periodic potential. Even where the potential is much weaker than the electron-electron interaction, it can strongly change the mobility. The effect depends on the interrelation between the potential period and the mean interelectron distance. It is most pronounced where the period is close to the period of the Wigner crystal that would form if the liquid were cooled to a lower temperature. The results suggest, in particular, that the correlation length in the electron liquid can be found by measuring the mobility in a weak periodic potential. The simulations are based on the microscopic model of the electron scattering by the excitations in helium.

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