Elastic and inelastic collisions of [Formula Presented] atoms in magnetic and optical traps

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages R1497-R1500

  Houbiers, M ^a   Stoof, H T C ^a   McAlexander, W I ^b   Hulet, R G ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000681352     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.R1497     Document Type: Article

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