Observation of the pairing gap in a strongly interacting Fermi gas

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5687, 2004, Pages 1128-1130

  Chin, C ^a   Bartenstein, M ^a   Altmeyer, A ^a   Riedl, S ^a   Jochim, S ^a   Denschlag, Hecker ^a   Grimm, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FERMI LEVEL; LITHIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EXCITATION SPECTRA; PAIRING GAP;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

LITHIUM;

GAS; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COLD; COOLING; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; FERMION; GAS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4143052321     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100818     Document Type: Article

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