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Recent Experimental Studies on Solid 4He

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In this article, we review the experimental studies in pursuit of supersolidity and on recent studies of mass flow through solid 4He samples.

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Chan, M.H.W. Recent Experimental Studies on Solid 4He. J Low Temp Phys 205, 235–252 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-021-02636-1

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