Spin domains in ground-state Bose-Einstein condensates

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6709, 1998, Pages 345-348

  Stenger, J ^a   Inouye, S ^a   Stamper Kurn, D M ^a   Miesner, H J ^a   Chikkatur, A P ^a   Ketterle, W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 0032569802     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24567     Document Type: Article

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