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Anomalous Expansion of Attractively Interacting Fermionic Atoms in an Optical Lattice

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Science, 327 (5973): 1621--1624 (Mar 26, 2010)
DOI: 10.1126/science.1184565

Abstract

The interplay of thermodynamics and quantum correlations can give rise to counterintuitive phenomena in many-body systems. We report on an isentropic effect in a spin mixture of attractively interacting fermionic atoms in an optical lattice. As we adiabatically increase the attraction between the atoms, we observe that the gas expands instead of contracting. This unexpected behavior demonstrates the crucial role of the lattice potential in the thermodynamics of the fermionic Hubbard model. 10.1126/science.1184565

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