Ultracold atomic Fermi-Bose mixtures in bichromatic optical dipole traps: A novel route to study fermion superfluidity

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 57-89

  Onofrio, Roberto ^a,b,c   Presilla, Carlo ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bose and Fermi degenerate gases; Bose Fermi mixtures; Evaporative cooling; Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Superfluidity and superconductivity; Sympathetic cooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543079898     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000019829.71660.40     Document Type: Article

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