Strong-coupling limit in the evolution from BCS superconductivity to Bose-Einstein condensation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 15370-15381

  Pieri, P ^a   Strinati, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0000710557     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.15370     Document Type: Article

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