Observation of Bose-Einstein condensation in a strong synthetic magnetic field

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 859-864

  Kennedy, Colin J ^a   Burton, William Cody ^a   Chung, Woo Chang ^a   Ketterle, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; GROUND STATE; HAMILTONIANS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY;

HALF-FLUX QUANTA; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; MOTT-INSULATING PHASE; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; STRONG INTERACTION; SUPERFLUID STATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 84943197420     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3421     Document Type: Article

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