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arXiv:1612.03076 · The European Physical Journal Special Topics

Different models of gravitating Dirac fermions in optical lattices

Alessio Celi

Published Jul 1, 2017• 19 citations
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DOI
10.1140/epjst/e2016-60390-y

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