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History matters for a stirred superfluid

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The observation of path dependence in the response of a superfluid to stirring promises potential applications in precision rotation sensing, and provides a test bed for microscopic theories of ultracold atomic gases. See Letter p.200

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Figure 1: Hysteresis in a stirred superfluid2.

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  1. Matthew J. Davis is at the School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.,

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  2. Kristian Helmerson is at the School of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.,

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