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Atoms playing dress-up

The idea of using ultracold atoms to simulate the behaviour of electrons in new kinds of quantum systems — from topological insulators to exotic superfluids and superconductors — is a step closer to becoming a reality. See Letter p.83

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Figure 1: Spin–orbit coupling.

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Chapman, M., de Melo, C. Atoms playing dress-up. Nature 471, 41–42 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/471041a

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