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On the temperature dependence of the velocity of sound in liquid helium

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The velocity of the first sound in helium II for the low-temperature region in which the lawT 4 ln(const/T) holds is calculated. The constant in the logarithm is shown to be very small, and therefore the known results of the logarithmic approximation are not sufficient.

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Andreev, A.F., Khalatnikov, I.M. On the temperature dependence of the velocity of sound in liquid helium. J Low Temp Phys 2, 173–174 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00628173

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