Electron emission in superfluid and low temperature vapor phase helium.
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Tungsten filaments used as sources of electrons in a low-temperature liquid or gaseous helium environment have remarkable properties of operating at thousands of degrees kelvin in surroundings at temperatures of order 1 K. We provide an explanation of this performance in terms of important changes in the thermal transport mechanisms. The behavior can be cast as a first-order phase transition.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 100 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008