Formation of a vortex lattice in a rotating BCS Fermi gas

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-294

  Tonini, G ^a   Werner, F ^b   Castin, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRON GAS; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; FERMIONS; GASES; QUANTUM THEORY;

DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; EQUATION-OF-STATE; FERMI GAS; FREE GAS; HARMONIC TRAP; HYDRODYNAMICS EQUATION; QUANTUM GAS; SPIN COMPONENTS; SUPERFLUID HYDRODYNAMICS; VORTEX LATTICES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33745896224     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2006-00110-7     Document Type: Article

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