Obtaining the phase diagram and thermodynamic quantities of bulk systems from the densities of trapped gases

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Ho, Tin Lun ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

HOMOGENEOUS PHASIS; HOMOGENEOUS SYSTEM; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; SOLID-STATE SYSTEM; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; STANDING PROBLEMS; SUPERFLUID DENSITY; THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

EID: 76449096688     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1477     Document Type: Article

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