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Luttingers wake

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A strictly one-dimensional electron liquid or 'Luttinger liquid' may seem a purely theoretical construct. But measurements of the electronic structure of strings of gold atoms self-aligned on a germanium surface suggest this mythic state of matter is real, offering new possibilities to investigate and ultimately control its properties and behaviour.

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Figure 1: Probing Luttinger liquid physics with a STM.

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  1. Hanno Weitering is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Materials Science and Technology Division, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee 37831 (USA),

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Weitering, H. Luttingers wake. Nature Phys 7, 744–745 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2074

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