Large numbers of cold metastable helium atoms in a magneto-optical trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages R761-R764

  Tol, Paul J J ^a   Herschbach, Norbert ^a   Hessels, Eric A ^a   Hogervorst, Wim ^a   Vassen, Wim ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000143632     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.R761     Document Type: Article

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