Temperature dependence of Doppler-broadening in rubidium: An undergraduate experiment

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-371

  Leahy, Chris ^a,b   Hastings, J Todd ^a   Wilt, P M ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0031513560     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18553     Document Type: Article

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