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Direct measurement of the critical velocity above which a tuning fork generates turbulence in superfluid helium.

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Direct measurement of the critical velocity above which a tuning fork generates turbulence in superfluid helium. / Efimov, V. B.; Garg, D.; Kolosov, O. et al.
In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 158, No. 3-4, 02.2010, p. 456-461.

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Efimov, VB, Garg, D, Kolosov, O & McClintock, PVE 2010, 'Direct measurement of the critical velocity above which a tuning fork generates turbulence in superfluid helium.', Journal of Low Temperature Physics, vol. 158, no. 3-4, pp. 456-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-009-0026-5

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Efimov, V. B., Garg, D., Kolosov, O., & McClintock, P. V. E. (2010). Direct measurement of the critical velocity above which a tuning fork generates turbulence in superfluid helium. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 158(3-4), 456-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-009-0026-5

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Efimov VB, Garg D, Kolosov O, McClintock PVE. Direct measurement of the critical velocity above which a tuning fork generates turbulence in superfluid helium. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 2010 Feb;158(3-4):456-461. doi: 10.1007/s10909-009-0026-5

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Efimov, V. B. ; Garg, D. ; Kolosov, O. et al. / Direct measurement of the critical velocity above which a tuning fork generates turbulence in superfluid helium. In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 2010 ; Vol. 158, No. 3-4. pp. 456-461.

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abstract = "The dynamics of an electrically-driven 8 kHz quartz tuning fork has been studied experimentally in liquid helium-4 in the temperature range 1.3 < T <4.2 K under the saturated vapour pressure. The fork has relatively large dimensions compared to standard 32 kHz fork used in recent investigations. The velocity of the tip of the fork prong is measured by the indirect electromechanical equivalent method and is compared with the velocity of another 8 kHz fork (from the same batch) determined by direct optical measurement of the oscillation amplitude through Michelson interferometry. A comparison of these results has provided absolute values for the critical velocity of the transition to the turbulent state.",
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KW - Quantum fluid · Quantum turbulence · Tuning forks · Superfluid helium · Critical velocity

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