Coherent mesoscopic quantum tunneling in boson-fermion mixtures

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Mozyrsky, D ^a   Martin, I ^a   Timmermans, E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERMIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE SEPARATION;

DISSIPATION RATE; FERMIONIC ATOMS; QUANTUM TUNNELING;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 35748969903     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.051601     Document Type: Article

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