Trap-imbalanced fermion mixtures

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Iskin, M ^a   Williams, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; GROUND STATE; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

FERMION MIXTURES; INTERACTION STRENGTH; UNPOLARIZED SUPERFLUID (UPS);

FERMIONS;

EID: 40749133807     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.013605     Document Type: Article

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