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Cosmological experiments in liquid helium. / Hendry, P. C.; McClintock, Peter V. E.
In: Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1999, p. 26-35.

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Hendry, PC & McClintock, PVE 1999, 'Cosmological experiments in liquid helium', Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 26-35.

APA

Hendry, P. C., & McClintock, P. V. E. (1999). Cosmological experiments in liquid helium. Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, 2(4), 26-35.

Vancouver

Hendry PC, McClintock PVE. Cosmological experiments in liquid helium. Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems. 1999;2(4):26-35.

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Hendry, P. C. ; McClintock, Peter V. E. / Cosmological experiments in liquid helium. In: Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems. 1999 ; Vol. 2, No. 4. pp. 26-35.

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