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Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A

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Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A. / Whitehead, L.; Casey, A.; Haley, R.P. et al.
In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 27.08.2025.

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Harvard

Whitehead, L, Casey, A, Haley, RP, Heikkinen, PJ, Levitin, LV, Mayer, AJ, Rojas, X, Salmon, T, Saunders, J & Thomson, A 2025, 'Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A', Journal of Low Temperature Physics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-025-03328-w

APA

Whitehead, L., Casey, A., Haley, R. P., Heikkinen, P. J., Levitin, L. V., Mayer, A. J., Rojas, X., Salmon, T., Saunders, J., & Thomson, A. (2025). Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-025-03328-w

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Whitehead L, Casey A, Haley RP, Heikkinen PJ, Levitin LV, Mayer AJ et al. Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 2025 Aug 27. Epub 2025 Aug 27. doi: 10.1007/s10909-025-03328-w

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Whitehead, L. ; Casey, A. ; Haley, R.P. et al. / Magnetic Confinement of a Bubble of Supercooled 3He-A. In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 2025.

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AU - Mayer, A.J.

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AU - Thomson, A.

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