Experimental realization of the topological Haldane model with ultracold fermions

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7526, 2014, Pages 237-240

  Jotzu, Gregor ^a   Messer, Michael ^a   Desbuquois, Rémi ^a   Lebrat, Martin ^a   Uehlinger, Thomas ^a   Greif, Daniel ^a   Esslinger, Tilman ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BOSON; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; FERMION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HALDANE MODEL; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; ULTRACOLD FERMION;

EID: 84919918291     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13915     Document Type: Article

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