Fragmentation and destruction of the superfluid due to frustration of cold atoms in optical lattices

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  García Ripoll, Juan José ^a,b   Pachos, Jiannis K ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FERROMAGNETISM; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

ATOMIC STATES; FERROMAGNETIC ORDERS; OPTICAL LATTICES;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 34249063276     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/5/139     Document Type: Article

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