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Superfluid helium

Order in disorder

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Confining liquid 3He in porous silica aerogel prepared with strong anisotropy stabilizes a state of axial superfluidity.

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Figure 1: Silica aerogel stabilizes an axial superfluid state in 3He.

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  1. Vladimir P. Mineev is in the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, INAC/SPSMS, 38054 Grenoble, France,

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