Observation of interaction dynamics in finite-temperature bose condensed atom clouds

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 485-491

  Busch, B D ^a,b   Liu, Chien ^a   Dutton, Z ^a,b   Behroozi, C H ^a,c   Vestergaard Hau, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034257246     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00363-0     Document Type: Article

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