Superfluid Onset and Prewetting of 4He on Rubidium

J. A. Phillips, D. Ross, P. Taborek and J. E. Rutledge 
Department of Physics and Astronomy 
University of California, Irvine 92697 

(1998)
 
 
Abstract 

Introduction 

Experimental Methods 

Data 

Discussion 

Conlcusions 

References 
 
 
 
 

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