Anderson localization of a non-interacting Bose-Einstein condensate

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7197, 2008, Pages 895-898

  Roati, Giacomo ^a,b   D'Errico, Chiara ^a,b   Fallani, Leonardo ^a,b   Fattori, Marco ^a,b,c   Fort, Chiara ^a,b   Zaccanti, Matteo ^a,b   Modugno, Giovanni ^a,b   Modugno, Michele ^a,d,e   Inguscio, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

CONDENSATE; ELECTRON; LATTICE DYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE;

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; ARTICLE; BOSE EINSTEIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45149108806     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07071     Document Type: Article

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