Revealing the superfluid lambda transition in the universal thermodynamics of a unitary fermi gas

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6068, 2012, Pages 563-567

  Ku, Mark J H ^a   Sommer, Ariel T ^a   Cheuk, Lawrence W ^a   Zwierlein, Martin W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; DENSITY; ENTROPY; FLUID FLOW; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; GAS; HEAT CAPACITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECISION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; DENSITY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; GAS; GROUND STATE ENERGY; HEAT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; SUPERFLUID LAMBDA TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOMETER; UNITARY FERMI GAS;

EID: 84856629356     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1214987     Document Type: Article

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