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Low-temperature physics: Paired in one dimension

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Nature, 467 (7315): 535--536 (Sep 30, 2010)
DOI: 10.1038/467535a

Abstract

The trend towards using ultracold atomic gases to explore emergent phenomena in many-body systems continues to gain momentum. This time around, they have been used to explore novel pairing mechanisms in one dimension. See Letter p.567 Atomic gases cooled down to nanokelvin temperatures and confined in optical or magnetic traps have helped to realize and investigate fundamental many-body quantum phases of matter1, 2. An investigation by Liao et al.3 on page 567 of this issue now shows how such ultracold systems are also moving to centre stage in the quest for an exotic form of superconductivity — the elusive FFLO superconducting state of matter that was proposed more than 40 years ago by Fulde and Ferrell4 and Larkin and Ovchinnikov5.

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