Magnetic trapping of neutral particles: Classical and quantum-mechanical study of a loffe-Pritchard type trap

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3989-3998

  Gov, S ^a,c   Shtrikman, S ^a,d   Thomas, H ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000786548     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.372444     Document Type: Article

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