lambda point

physics
Also known as: lambda transition

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superfluidity

  • In superfluidity: Discovery

    …superfluid phase is called the lambda-transition.) The light isotope 3He shows no traces of superfluidity or any other anomalous behaviour down to a temperature of 2.65 K (− 270.5 °C, or − 454.9 °F), but in 1972 American physicists Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson, and David M. Lee found…

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