Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

(1) Energetics of a strongly correlated Fermi gas,
Authors: Shina Tan
arXiv:0505200, Annals of Physics 323, 2952-2970 (2008)

(2) Large Momentum part of fermions with large scattering length
Authors: Shina Tan
arXiv:0508320, Annals of Physics 323, 2971-2986 (2008)

(3) Exact Relations for a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas from the Operator Product Expansion
Authors: Eric Braaten and Lucas Platter
arXiv:0803.1125, Physical Review Letters 100, 205301 (2008)

(4) Universal properties of the ultracold Fermi gas
Authors: Shizhong Zhang and Anthony Leggett
arXiv:0809.1892, Physical Review A 79, 023601, (2009)

Recommended with a Commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | View Commentary |

JCCM_June09_01

1) Evolution of the Kondo state of Y bRh₂Si₂ probed by high field ESR
Authors: U. Schaufub, V. Kataev, A. A. Zvyagin, B. Büchner, J. Sichelschmidt, J. Wykho, C. Krellner, C. Geibel, and F. Steglich.
arXiv.org:0804.4105v2, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 076405 (2009)

2) Electron spin resonance in Kondo systems
Authors: Elihu Abrahams and Peter Wölfle
arXiv:0808.0892 , Phys. Rev, B 78, 104423 (2008).

Recommended with a Commentary by Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside | View Commentary |

JCCM_June09_02

Contact angle hysteresis generated by strong, dilute defects.

Authors: Mathilde Reyssat and David Quéré

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113 (2009) 3906

Recommended with a Commentary by Julia Yeomans, Oxford University | View Commentary |

JCCM_June09_03