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Vortices in Rotating Superfluid He3

FEB 01, 1987
Completely novel continuous vortices in He3A and spontaneously magnetized singular vortices in He3B are just two of the many interesting peculiarities of rotating superfluid He3.

DOI: 10.1063/1.881100

Pertti Hakonen
Olli V. Lounasmaa

For about a century now, physicists have been working hard to extend the temperature range accessible to experimental investigations closer and closer to absolute zero. This endeavor has been amply rewarded by new and fundamentally important discoveries.

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More about the Authors

Pertti Hakonen. Low Temperature Laboratory of the Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.

Olli V. Lounasmaa. Academy of Finland.

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Volume 40, Number 2

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