The superfluid 4He analog of the RF SQUID

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 1043-1104

  Schwab, K ^a   Bruckner, N ^a   Packard, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

HELIUM SUPERFLUID QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0032021706     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022364200234     Document Type: Article

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