Universal quantum viscosity in a unitary fermi gas

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6013, 2011, Pages 58-61

  Cao, C ^a   Elliott, E ^a   Joseph, J ^a   Wu, H ^a   Petricka, J ^b   Schafer T ^c   Thomas, J E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DAMPING; ENTROPY; GAS; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOMENTUM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SHEAR; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY; ENTROPY; FERMI GAS; GAS; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 78650975380     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1195219     Document Type: Article

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