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We report preliminary results of a systematic study of the flow of normal fluid component in steady-state quantum turbulence in thermal counterflow of superfluid \(^{4}\hbox {He}\) using a high-precision flow visualisation technique based on the tracking of thin lines of \(\hbox {He}_2^{*}\) molecular tracers. Non-trivial profiles of mean velocity and turbulent fluctuation across the channel are observed with complicated temperature- and heat flux-dependencies. Mean turbulence intensity, however, depends on velocity only very weakly and is controlled primarily by the temperature.
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J.G. and W.G. acknowledge the support from the US Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG02 96ER40952. E.V. acknowledges financial support from the Charles University in Prague and the hospitality of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
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Gao, J., Varga, E., Guo, W. et al. Statistical Measurement of Counterflow Turbulence in Superfluid Helium-4 Using \(\hbox {He}_2^*\) Tracer-Line Tracking Technique. J Low Temp Phys 187, 490–496 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1681-y
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