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Special Issue: Helium‐3 and Helium‐4

FEB 01, 1987
Russell J. Donnelly

Low‐temperature physics has traditionally been associated with the subjects of superconductivity and liquid and solid helium. While a glance at the program of any current meeting will reveal many other fascinating activities under the rubric of low‐temperature physics, these two subjects have continued to be pursued with vigor and striking success for three quarters of a century. Readers of PHYSICS TODAY were given a view of modern research on superconductivity in the March 1986 issue. This special issue is devoted to modern investigations in He3 and He4.

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Russell J. Donnelly, University of Oregon.

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