Bound state of a He-3 atom at free He-4 surfaces

[2608.27664] Bound state of a He-3 atom at free He-4 surfaces Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Condensed Matter > Statistical Mechanics arXiv:2608.27664 (cond-mat) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title: Bound state of a He-3 atom at free He-4 surfaces Authors: Massimo Boninsegni View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Quantum Monte Carlo simulations confirm the existence of a bound state of a single He-3 atom at a free superfluid He-4 surface in three dimensions, localized within a ~10-A thick low-density He-4 surface layer, with a binding energy of approximately 4 K with respect to vacuum. As the temperature is raised above ~ 1 K the He-3 atom leaves the surface to dissolve into the superfluid. The situation is entirely different in two dimensions, as the He-3 atom is excluded from the superfluid and no surface bound state exists. Results are also presented for the a He-3 atom binding to nanoscale size He-4 clusters adsorbed on weak substrates, a physical system that may allow for the observation of some of the physics predicted for extended surfaces. It is shown that a He-3 bound state localized at the perimeter of sufficiently small (a few tens of atoms) clusters exists not just on Cs, as previously reported, but on all alkali substrates. Comments: 7 pages, 6 figures Subjects: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27664 [cond-mat.stat-mech] (or arXiv:2608.27664v1 [cond-mat.stat-mech] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27664 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Massimo Boninsegni [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:53:07 UTC (352 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cond-mat.stat-mech < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cond-mat References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) IArxiv recommender toggle IArxiv Recommender ( What is IArxiv? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab)

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