An SU(6) Mott insulator of an atomic Fermi gas realized by large-spin Pomeranchuk cooling

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 825-830

  Taie, Shintaro ^a   Yamazaki, Rekishu ^a,b   Sugawa, Seiji ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiro ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRON GAS; EXCITED STATES; FERMIONS; OPTICAL LATTICES;

CHARGE EXCITATIONS; CORRELATED ELECTRONS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MOTT INSULATOR STATE; MOTT-INSULATING PHASE; ORBITAL DEGENERACY; SOLID-STATE MATERIALS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL LATTICE;

MOTT INSULATORS;

EID: 84868697268     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2430     Document Type: Article

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