A Mott insulator of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7210, 2008, Pages 204-207

  Jördens, Robert ^a   Strohmaier, Niels ^a   Günter, Kenneth ^a,b   Moritz, Henning ^a   Esslinger, Tilman ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; FERMION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 51749087312     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07244     Document Type: Article

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