The enigma of supersolidity

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7286, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Balibar, Sebastien ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

FLOW; HUMAN; LIQUID; MALE; MASS; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SOLID; THEORY; TORSION;

EID: 77949349027     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08913     Document Type: Review

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