Fermionic superfluidity with imbalanced spin populations

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5760, 2006, Pages 492-496

  Zwierlein, Martin W ^a   Schirotzek, André ^a   Schunck, Christian H ^a   Ketterle, Wolfgang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RESONANCE;

FERMIONIC SUPERFLUIDITY; FESHBACH RESONANCE; PAULI LIMIT OF SUPERFLUIDITY; SPIN POPULATIONS;

FERMIONS;

HELIUM;

SCIENCE IN GENERAL;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; DENSITY; FERMION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR; SUPERFLUIDITY;

EID: 31544460972     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122318     Document Type: Article

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