Density functional theory for atomic Fermi gases

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 601-605

  Ma, Ping Nang ^a   Pilati, Sebastiano ^a,b   Troyer, Matthias ^a   Dai, Xi ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DENSITY OF GASES; ELECTRON GAS; FERMIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; LATTICE THEORY; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PARTICLE OPTICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; EXTERNAL POTENTIAL; FERMIONIC SYSTEMS; HYBRID FUNCTIONALS; METALLIC BEHAVIOUR; QUANTUM CRITICALITY; QUANTUM SIMULATORS; SHORT RANGE INTERACTIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84864969316     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2348     Document Type: Article

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