Experimental Values
The most accurately measured value of is −0.0127 for the phase transition of superfluid helium (the so-called lambda transition). The value was measured in a satellite to minimize pressure differences in the sample (see here). This result agrees with theoretical prediction obtained by variational perturbation theory (see here or here).
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