Interferometric measurement of local spin fluctuations in a quantum gas

@article{Meineke2012InterferometricMO,
  title={Interferometric measurement of local spin fluctuations in a quantum gas},
  author={Jakob Meineke and Jean-Philippe Brantut and David Stadler and T. Muller and Henning Moritz and Tilman Esslinger},
  journal={Nature Physics},
  year={2012},
  volume={8},
  pages={454-458}
}
An interferometric implementation of Young’s double-slit experiment is used to probe quantum correlations that are manifest in the distribution of local spin fluctuations in a two-component degenerate Fermi gas. 
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