Measurement of the wigner function of an ensemble of helium atoms

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6621, 1997, Pages 150-153

  Kurtsiefer, Ch ^a   Pfau, T ^a   Mlynek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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HELIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOM; DIFFRACTION; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THEORY;

EID: 0030968439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386150a0     Document Type: Article

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