Superfluid motion and drag-force cancellation in a fluid of light

Claire Michel1, Omar Boughdad2, Mathias Albert2

  • 1Institut de Physique de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Nice, France. claire.michel@unice.fr.

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