Observation of Feshbach resonances in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6672, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Inouye, S ^a   Andrews, M R ^a,b   Stenger, J ^a   Mlesner, H J ^a   Stamper Kurn, D M ^a   Ketterle, W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; HELIUM; LITHIUM; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032510561     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32354     Document Type: Article

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