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December 16, 2016

Researchers discovered elusive half-quantum vortices in a superfluid
Espoo, Finland (SPX) Dec 16, 2016
Researchers in Aalto University, Finland, and P.L. Kapitza Institute in Moscow have discovered half-quantum vortices in superfluid helium. This vortex is a topological defect, exhibited in superfluids and superconductors, which carries a fixed amount of circulating current. 'This discovery of half-quantum vortices culminates a long search for these objects originally predicted to exist in superfluid helium in 1976,' says Samuli Autti, Doctoral Candidate at Aalto University in Finland. 'In th ... read more

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