Searching for perfect fluids: Quantum viscosity in a universal Fermi gas

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cao, C ^a   Elliott, E ^a   Wu, H ^a   Thomas, J E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AT RESONANCE; BEST FIT; BULK VISCOSITY; DAMPING RATE; ENTROPY DENSITY; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; FERMI GAS; GLOBAL ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE EXPANSION; HYDRODYNAMIC EXPANSION; LOW-TEMPERATURE DATA; PERFECT FLUID; RADIAL BREATHING MODE; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT; TRAP CENTER; TWO-COMPONENT FERMI GAS; UNIVERSAL BEHAVIORS; UNIVERSAL FUNCTIONS;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRON GAS; ENTROPY; RESONANCE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR VISCOSITY; TEMPERATURE;

FERMIONS;

EID: 79960820188     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/7/075007     Document Type: Article

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