Evidence for superfluidity of ultracold fermions in an optical lattice

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7114, 2006, Pages 961-964

  Chin, J K ^a   Miller, D E ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Stan, C ^a,b   Setiawan, W ^a   Sanner, C ^a   Xu, K ^a   Ketterle, W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INSULATING MATERIALS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

LATTICE DEPTHS; REPULSIVE FERMIONS; SUPERFLUID FERMION PAIRS;

FERMIONS;

LATTICE DYNAMICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RESONANCE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; FERMION; FLUIDIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 33750429990     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05224     Document Type: Article

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