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We report studies of the negative pressure required to lead to the nucleation of bubbles in superfluid helium-4 in the temperature range down to 0.8 K. At the lowest temperatures studied, the tensile strength is found to be ∼3 bar. The results are compared with nucleation theory and the possible importance of nucleation on vortices is discussed.
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Xiong, Q., Maris, H.J. Study of cavitation in superfluid helium-4 at low temperatures. J Low Temp Phys 82, 105–118 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00681524
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