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PMID: 23288533 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Absolute temperature is usually bound to be positive. Under special conditions, however, negative temperatures-in which high-energy states are more occupied than low-energy states-are also possible. Such states have been demonstrated in localized systems with finite, discrete spectra. Here, we prepared a negative temperature state for motional degrees of freedom. By tailoring the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian, we created an attractively interacting ensemble of ultracold bosons at negative temperature that is stable against collapse for arbitrary atom numbers. The quasimomentum distribution develops sharp peaks at the upper band edge, revealing thermal equilibrium and bosonic coherence over several lattice sites. Negative temperatures imply negative pressures and open up new parameter regimes for cold atoms, enabling fundamentally new many-body states. |
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S Braun; J P Ronzheimer; M Schreiber; S S Hodgman; T Rom; I Bloch; U Schneider |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 339 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-01-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 52-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. |
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Science. 2013 Jan 4;339(6115):42-3
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