The discovery of superfluidity

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 146, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 441-470

  Balibar, Sébastien ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCOVERY; MACROSCOPIC LEVEL; SCIENTISTS; THERMAL EXCITATIONS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; HISTORY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

EID: 33847058501     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: 15737357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-006-9276-7     Document Type: Article

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