Quantum superposition states of Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1208-1218

  Cirac, J I ^a   Lewenstein, M ^b   Molmer K ^c   Zoller, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Centre d Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0002611218     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.1208     Document Type: Article

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