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Fluctuations and correlations of pure quantum turbulence in superfluid He-3_B.

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Fluctuations and correlations of pure quantum turbulence in superfluid He-3_B. / Bradley, D. Ian; Fisher, Shaun N.; Guénault, A.M. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 101, No. 6, 08.08.2008, p. 065302.

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Bradley DI, Fisher SN, Guénault AM, Haley RP, O'Sullivan S, Pickett GR et al. Fluctuations and correlations of pure quantum turbulence in superfluid He-3_B. Physical review letters. 2008 Aug 8;101(6):065302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.065302

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Bradley, D. Ian ; Fisher, Shaun N. ; Guénault, A.M. et al. / Fluctuations and correlations of pure quantum turbulence in superfluid He-3_B. In: Physical review letters. 2008 ; Vol. 101, No. 6. pp. 065302.

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