Exploring the thermodynamics of a universal Fermi gas

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7284, 2010, Pages 1057-1060

  Nascimbne S ^a   Navon, N ^a   Jiang, K J ^a   Chevy, F ^a   Salomon, C ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MODEL TEST; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMI GAS; FLUID FLOW; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77649153336     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08814     Document Type: Article

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