Bilayers of rydberg atoms as a quantum simulator for unconventional superconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Hague, J P ^a   MacCormick, C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; CONDENSED MATTER; CORE FEATURES; FERMIONIC ATOMS; QUANTUM SIMULATORS; RYDBERG ATOMS; UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTORS;

RYDBERG STATES; SOLIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 84870465322     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.223001     Document Type: Article

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