Electrons and ions have been used for over 40 years as probes to investigate the fascinating properties of helium liquids. The study of the transport properties of microscopic charge carriers sheds light on superfluidity, on quantum hydrodynamics, and on the interactions with collective excitations in quantum liquids. The structure of the probes themselves depends on their coupling with the liquid environment in a way that gives further insight into the microscopic behavior of the liquid in different thermodynamic conditions, such as in the superfluid phase, in the normal phase, or near the liquid-vapor critical point.
This book provides a comprehensive review of the experiments and theories of transport properties of charge carriers in liquid helium. It is a subject about which no other monograph exists to date. The book is intended for graduate and postgraduate students and for condensed matter physicists who will benefit from its completeness and accuracy.
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The field of electrons and ions in liquid helium has reached maturity and efforts in this field will continue. This is an appropriate time for a comprehensive archival review. It will serve scholars and new workers in the field well. I approve of the organization of this book and all topics I am aware of appear to be covered. * Arnold Dahm, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland * Of very high quality, well-written, providing a thorough coverage of the subject. * Peter McClintock, University of Lancaster *
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Armando Francesco Borghesani
Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
University of Padua
Italy
After his degree ``Laurea in Fisica'' from University of Padua in March 1979, Dr Borghesani worked as junior scientist in the R&D labs of SGS-ATES (now ST Microelectronics, Milan, Italy) in the field of plasma etching of semiconductors. He then joined ASSORENI (now Eniricerche, Milan, Italy), the company for the scientific research of the ENI Group, after which he got a tenured position as Assistant Professor in the Low Temperature Lab of the Department of Physics of the University of Padua. In 1992 he was promoted Associate Professor of Physics at the same university. He has taught courses in Electromagnetism, Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics, and Analog Electronics.
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Department of Physics, University of Padua
1. Superfluidity and Charge Carriers ; 2. Production of ions in the liquid ; 3. The structure of ions ; 4. Ions and elementary excitations ; 5. The transport properties of charge carriers at low temperature ; 6. Ion transport at intermediate fields ; 7. Vortex hydrodynamics ; 8. The motion of charged quantized vortex rings in suyperfluid Helium ; 9. The nucleation of vortex rings ; 10. Bare ion transport at high fields ; 11. Interaction of ions with vortex lines ; 12. Motion of ions along linear vortices ; 13. Transport properties of different ions ; 14. Direct determination of the effective mass of ions ; 15. Other relevant experiments with negative ions ; 16. Ion transport in normal liquid 4He ; 17. Ion transport at phase transitions ; 18. Ion transport in normal liquid 3He ; 19. Ion mobility at the liquid-vapor transition in 3He ; 20. Ion transport in superfluid 3He ; 21. Electron transport in dense Helium gas ; 22. Dynamics of the electron bubble formation
