Synthetic magnetic fields for ultracold neutral atoms

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7273, 2009, Pages 628-632

  Lin, Y J ^a   Compton, R L ^a   Jimenez Garcia K ^a,b   Porto, J V ^a   Spielman, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTICAL THEORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROTATION; VORTICITY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 71449087060     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08609     Document Type: Article

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