Finite-temperature phase diagram of a polarized Fermi condensate

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-128

  Parish, M M ^a   Marchetti, F M ^a   Lamacraft, A ^b,c   Simons, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; ELECTRON GAS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; FINITE TEMPERATURES; INTERACTION STRENGTH; INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; SUPERFLUID TRANSITIONS; TWO-COMPONENT FERMI GAS; ULTRACOLD ATOMIC GAS;

FERMIONS;

EID: 33846839482     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys520     Document Type: Article

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