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Detection of Single Quanta of Circulation in Rotating Helium II

Nature volume 181, pages 1524–1525 (1958)Cite this article

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BY measuring the hydrodynamic circulation around a fine wire placed in rotating helium II, direct experimental evidence has been obtained both for the quantization of this circulation and for the peculiar flow pattern to be expected in the superfluid component of uniformly rotating helium1,2.

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VINEN, W. Detection of Single Quanta of Circulation in Rotating Helium II. Nature 181, 1524–1525 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811524a0

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