Observation of a strongly interacting degenerate fermi gas of atoms

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5601, 2002, Pages 2179-2182

  O'Hara, K M ^a   Hemmer, S L ^a   Gehm, M E ^a   Granade, S R ^a   Thomas, J E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EVAPORATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RESONANCE; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

RESONANT INTERACTIONS;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

LITHIUM;

ATOM; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COOLING; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037073902     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079107     Document Type: Article

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