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Experiments are described in which Particle Image Velocimetry has been used to study turbulent flow in helium I. The possibility that this technique might be applied usefully to superfluid helium is explored briefly.
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Donnelly, R.J., Karpetis, A.N., Niemela, J.J. et al. The Use of Particle Image Velocimetry in the Study of Turbulence in Liquid Helium. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 126, 327–332 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013745118386
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