Observations of the birth of a superfluid have uncovered details of the microphysics of phase transitions. Whether these results can be used to model such transitions in the early Universe is an open question.
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Helmerson, K. Surviving the transition. Nature 455, 880–881 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455880a
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