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Structure of the condensate and some possible ways to observe it

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We review some aspects of the experimental consequences both well known and proposed, of the existence of the single particle condensate in liquid helium four. We also extend these considerations briefly to pair correlations which microscopic calculations show to also exist in the fluid.

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Halley, J.W. Structure of the condensate and some possible ways to observe it. J Low Temp Phys 93, 893–906 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692037

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