Critical opalescence across the doping driven Mott transition in optical lattices of ultracold atoms. / Walsh, Caitlin; Semon, P.; Sordi, Giovanni; Tremblay, A. -M. S.

In: Physical Review B, Vol. 99, No. 16, 165151, 30.04.2019, p. 1-9.

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Critical opalescence across the doping driven Mott transition in optical lattices of ultracold atoms. / Walsh, Caitlin; Semon, P.; Sordi, Giovanni; Tremblay, A. -M. S.

In: Physical Review B, Vol. 99, No. 16, 165151, 30.04.2019, p. 1-9.

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Walsh, Caitlin ; Semon, P. ; Sordi, Giovanni ; Tremblay, A. -M. S. / Critical opalescence across the doping driven Mott transition in optical lattices of ultracold atoms. In: Physical Review B. 2019 ; Vol. 99, No. 16. pp. 1-9.

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