Determination of the fermion pair size in a resonantly interacting superfluid

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7205, 2008, Pages 739-743

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID; GAS; SPACING; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; FERMION; INTERACTING SUPERFLUID; LIQUID; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 49649111415     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07176     Document Type: Article

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