Doing Something 'Easy' on Superfluid Solids (IMAGE)

Brown University

Doing Something 'Easy' on Superfluid Solids

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Solid helium [S] comes to a higher level inside the tube than outside. Liquid helium [L] fills the rest of the apparatus. The height difference [h] can be eliminated only if liquid helium can pass through the solid helium blocking the tube.

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Image: Frederic Caupin

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