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We have studied the nucleation of bubbles in pure superfluid helium-4 at temperatures down to 65 mK. We have found that the nucleation is a stochastic process, and that at temperatures below 600 mK the nucleation rate is independent of temperature. These results are consistent with the assumption that the nucleation takes place via quantum tunneling.
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Received: 15 November 1997 / Received in final form: 19 December 1997 / Accepted: 22 January 1998
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e1998-60201-3.
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Lambaré, H., Roche, P., Balibar, S. et al. Cavitation in superfluid helium-4 at low temperature. Eur. Phys. J. B 2, 381–391 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050261
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