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The question of the existence of superfluidity in unsaturated 4He films has been investigated by a number of experimental techniques. The techniques used include mass and thermal transport, 1–5 propagation of third sound,6,7 and the presence of long-lived persistent current flow states.8 The onset temperature for superfluidity is found to decrease as the film thickness is reduced.
Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. GP-27736 and also under Grant No. GH-33637 through the Cornell Materials Science Center, Report No. 1859.
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Chan, H.W., Yanof, A.W., Pobell, F.D.M., Reppy, J.D. (1974). Superfluidity of Thin Helium Films. In: Timmerhaus, K.D., O’Sullivan, W.J., Hammel, E.F. (eds) Low Temperature Physics-LT 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7864-8_44
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