Phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with resonant interactions

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7179, 2008, Pages 689-693

  Shin, Yong Il ^a   Schunck, Christian H ^a   Schirotzek, André ^a   Ketterle, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; GAS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMOMETER; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 38949186793     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06473     Document Type: Article

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