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Macroscopic quantum tunnelling of vortices in He II. / Hendry, P. C.; Lawson, N. Stuart; McClintock, Peter V. E. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 60, No. 7, 15.02.1988, p. 604-607.

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Hendry, PC, Lawson, NS, McClintock, PVE, Williams, CDH & Bowley, RM 1988, 'Macroscopic quantum tunnelling of vortices in He II.', Physical review letters, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 604-607. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.604

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Hendry, P. C., Lawson, N. S., McClintock, P. V. E., Williams, C. D. H., & Bowley, R. M. (1988). Macroscopic quantum tunnelling of vortices in He II. Physical review letters, 60(7), 604-607. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.604

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Hendry PC, Lawson NS, McClintock PVE, Williams CDH, Bowley RM. Macroscopic quantum tunnelling of vortices in He II. Physical review letters. 1988 Feb 15;60(7):604-607. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.604

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Hendry, P. C. ; Lawson, N. Stuart ; McClintock, Peter V. E. et al. / Macroscopic quantum tunnelling of vortices in He II. In: Physical review letters. 1988 ; Vol. 60, No. 7. pp. 604-607.

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