Universal phase diagram of a strongly interacting Fermi gas with unbalanced spin populations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Chevy, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMBER THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; FERMI GASES; UNBALANCED SPIN POPULATIONS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 33846354842     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.063628     Document Type: Article

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