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Two-dimensional Wigner crystal on helium films: an indication of quantum melting

Using molecular dynamics simulation (MD) we have investigated the melting of the two-dimensional Wigner crystal on 240Å-500Å liquid helium films supported by substrates of dielectric constants epsilons = 2.2-7.3. Our results show good agreement with available theoretical and experimental results for densities below 1.0×10(10)cm-2. For higher densities, we notice some disagreements suggesting that quantum effects are important in this regime of densities.

Wigner crystal; Molecular dynamics; Melting temperature


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