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liquid helium

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liquid helium [′lik·wəd ′hē·lē·əm]
(cryogenics)
The state of helium which exists at atmospheric pressure at temperatures below -268.95°C (4.2 K), and for temperatures near absolute zero at pressures up to about 25 atmospheres (2.53 megapascals); has two phases, helium I and helium II.

Liquid helium


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Transversely polarized cold neutrons traveling through liquid helium experience a PV spin rotation due to the weak interaction with an angle proportional to a linear combination of these weak meson exchange amplitudes.
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