Observation of Stationary Vortex Arrays in Rotating Superfluid Helium

E. J. Yarmchuk, M. J. V. Gordon, and R. E. Packard
Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 214 – Published 16 July 1979
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Abstract

The positions of quantized vortex lines in rotating superfluid helium have been recorded using a photographic technique. The photographs show stationary arrays of vortices. The observed patterns are in good agreement with theoretical predictions.

  • Received 29 May 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.214

©1979 American Physical Society

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E. J. Yarmchuk and M. J. V. Gordon*

  • Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

R. E. Packard

  • Physics Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, England

  • *Present address: Stanford University, Stanford Cal. 94305.
  • Permanent address: University of California, Berkeley, Cal. 94730.

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Vol. 43, Iss. 3 — 16 July 1979

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