Metastability in spin-polarized Fermi gases and quasiparticle decays

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sadeghzadeh, K ^a   Bruun, G M ^b   Lobo, C ^a,c   Massignan, P ^d,e   Recati, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY PROCESS; DECAY RATE; FERMI GAS; FERMI SEA; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; INTERACTION STRENGTH; METASTABILITIES; METASTABLE REGION; QUASIPARTICLE DECAY; QUASIPARTICLES; SPIN-POLARIZED; SUPERFLUID PHASE; TWO-COMPONENT;

DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRON GAS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLARONS;

FERMIONS;

EID: 79958858062     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/055011     Document Type: Article

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