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Nature 442, 32-33 (6 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442032a; Published online 5 July 2006

Condensed-matter physics: Superfluidity in the picture

J. E. Thomas1

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Strongly interacting atomic Fermi gases — useful models for many other exotic forms of matter — enter a superfluid state at low temperatures. The first direct observation of that transition has been made.

Fermions are the building-blocks of the Universe. Strongly interacting gases of these particles make up atomic nuclei, the matter in neutron stars and the quark–gluon plasma of the Big Bang.

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