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The Journal of Chemical Physics

4He n-mers and Bose–Einstein condensation in He I I

H. B. Ghassib, Geoffrey V. Chester

Published Jul 1, 1984• 16 citations
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Abstract

A critique is presented of a recent comment by March in which he argues that the Bose–Einstein condensate may not exist in HeII. It is concluded that such a dramatic statement is not warrranted in the light of current evidence.
DOI
10.1063/1.447350

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