Probing the relaxation towards equilibrium in an isolated strongly correlated one-dimensional Bose gas

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-330

  Trotzky, S ^a,b,c   Chen, Y A ^a,b,c   Flesch, A ^d   McCulloch, I P ^e   Schollwock U ^a,f   Eisert, J ^f,g,h   Bloch, I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f Institute for Advanced Study Berlin   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84862785039     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2232     Document Type: Article

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