Evidence for a Bose-Einstein condensate in liquid 4He from quantum evaporation

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6662, 1998, Pages 56-59

  Wyatt, Adrian F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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HELIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; EVAPORATION; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0031890662     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34134     Document Type: Article

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