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Nature 427, 204-205 (15 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/427204a
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Condensed-matter physics: Supersolid helium
John Beamish1
Abstract
Superfluids flow without resistance. It's hard to imagine, but quantum mechanically possible, that solids should do the same at low enough temperatures. Helium-4 might be the first known 'supersolid'.
At temperatures below 2.176 K, helium-4 enters a superfluid state and flows without friction.
- John Beamish is in the Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1, Canada.
e-mail: Email: beamish@phys.ualberta.ca
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