Superfluid behaviour of a two-dimensional Bose gas

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 645-648

  Desbuquois, Rémi ^a   Chomaz, Lauriane ^a   Yefsah, Tarik ^a,b   Léonard, Julian ^a,c   Beugnon, Jérĉme ^a   Weitenberg, Christof ^a   Dalibard, Jean ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSONS; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; LASER BEAMS; LIQUEFIED GASES; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

CONTINUOUS SYMMETRY; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS; PHASE SPACE DENSITIES; QUASI LONG RANGE ORDERS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SYSTEMS; ULTRACOLD ATOMIC GAS;

SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

EID: 84865793946     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2378     Document Type: Article

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