Observation of scale invariance and universality in two-dimensional Bose gases

Nature

Volumn 470, Issue 7333, 2011, Pages 236-240

  Hung, Chen Lung ^a   Zhang, Xibo ^a   Gemelke, Nathan ^a,b   Chin, Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

GAS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COLD; GAS; HUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79951517386     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09722     Document Type: Article

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