Spin transport in polaronic and superfluid Fermi gases

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sommer, Ariel ^a   Ku, Mark ^a   Zwierlein, Martin W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDREEV REFLECTION; FESHBACH RESONANCES; MUTUAL FRICTION; PAULI LIMIT; RESTORING FORCES; SPIN COMPONENTS; SPIN FLOW; SPIN IMBALANCE; SPIN STATE; SPIN TRANSPORT; SUPERFLUID FERMI GAS; ULTRACOLD GAS;

ELECTRON GAS;

FERMIONS;

EID: 79958856086     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/055009     Document Type: Article

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