Observing dynamical phases of BCS superconductors in a cavity QED simulator.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 21 06 2023
accepted: 29 11 2023
medline: 25 1 2024
pubmed: 25 1 2024
entrez: 24 1 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

In conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superconductors

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pubmed: 38267683
doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06911-x
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06911-x
doi:

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Journal Article

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eng

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IM

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679-684

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© 2024. This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.

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Auteurs

Dylan J Young (DJ)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Anjun Chu (A)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Eric Yilun Song (EY)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Diego Barberena (D)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

David Wellnitz (D)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Zhijing Niu (Z)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Vera M Schäfer (VM)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany.

Robert J Lewis-Swan (RJ)

Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Center for Quantum Research and Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.

Ana Maria Rey (AM)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. arey@jila.colorado.edu.
Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. arey@jila.colorado.edu.

James K Thompson (JK)

JILA, NIST, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. jkt@jila.colorado.edu.

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