Expansion of the non-condensed trapped Bose gas in Bose-Einstein condensation

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Wu, H ^a   Arimondo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 0032527348     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1998-00332-7     Document Type: Article

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