Precision microwave measurement of the [Formula Presented] interval in atomic helium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages R8-R11

  Storry, C H ^a   Hessels, E A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002128147     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R8     Document Type: Article

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