Majorana modes and p-wave superfluids for fermionic atoms in optical lattices

A. Bühler; N. Lang; C.V. Kraus; G. Möller; S.D. Huber; H.P. Büchler

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journal article Jul 25, 2014

Majorana modes and p-wave superfluids for fermionic atoms in optical lattices

A. Bühler N. Lang C.V. Kraus G. Möller S.D. Huber H.P. Büchler

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A. Bühler, N. Lang, C.V. Kraus, et al. (2014). Majorana modes and p-wave superfluids for fermionic atoms in optical lattices. Nature Communications, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5504

Majorana modes and p-wave superfluids for fermionic atoms in optical lattices

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