Abstract
At high flow rates superfluid helium exhibits dissipation in that a chemical potential gradient is necessary to drive the flow. On the basis of a specific model for the cause of this behavior a detailed relationship between the chemical potential gradient and the resultant flow is derived. Some implications of the theory with regard to recent experiments are discussed.
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Chester, M., Ziff, R. Flow dissipation equation in liquid helium II. J Low Temp Phys 5, 285–311 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00629706
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