Particle correlations and evidence for dark state condensation in a cold dipolar exciton fluid

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shilo, Yehiel ^a   Cohen, Kobi ^a   Laikhtman, Boris ^a   West, Ken ^b   Pfeiffer, Loren ^b   Rapaport, Ronen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; FLUID; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COLD; DIPOLAR EXCITON; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY; EXCITATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84883279372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3335     Document Type: Article

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