The flow of superfluid in an annulus is considered on the basis of free-energy arguments. Two critical velocities appear: One is equivalent to comparing the free energy of the fluid with the free energy of solid-body rotation; the other is equivalent to making the free energy of the fluid zero and corresponds to Feynman's criterion.
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Donnelly et al. (1966) studied this question.