superfluidity
Britishnoun
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"Second sound is the hallmark of superfluidity, but in ultracold gases so far you could only see it in this faint reflection of the density ripples that go along with it," Zwierlein says.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
On the same day Onnes discovered both the phase transition to a state of superconductivity in mercury and the phase transition to the state of superfluidity in helium.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
This is the science that brought us superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetic memory, liquid-crystal displays and more.
From Nature ● Sep. 17, 2018
“If you were to watch me by day, you would see me sitting at my desk solving Schrödinger’s equation...exactly like my colleagues,” says Sir Anthony Leggett, a Nobel Prize winner and pioneer in superfluidity.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2018
A Nobel Prize–winning physicist, Landau significantly advanced quantum mechanics with his theories of diamagnetism, superfluidity, and superconductivity.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2011
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