Effective Masses of Ions in Superfluid ${}^3$He-B

Abstract

We show that ion masses in superfluid ${}^3$He ought to be enormously enhanced (by a factor of 100) as compared with the same ion masses in ${}^4$He measured at low temperature. We calculate precisely the dependence of the effective mass on pressure in ${}^3$He-B, and show that the coherent (ballistic) motion of ions in ${}^3$He-B can be studied experimentally at $T<(0.3-0.2)T_c$.

12 pages, RevTex, postscript file attached at the end, UBCTH-94-03-11

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