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Critical velocity for vortex nucleation in a finite-temperature Bose gas

GS Stagg, RW Pattinson, Carlo F. Barenghi, Nicholas G. Parker

Published Feb 24, 2016• 0 citations
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10.25405/ncl.34266771

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