Magnetic trapping of neutrons

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6765, 2000, Pages 62-64

  Huffman, P R ^a,b   Brome, C R ^a   Butterworth, J S ^a,e   Coakley, K J ^b   Dewey, M S ^b   Dzhosyuk, S N ^a   Golub, R ^c   Greene, G L ^d   Hablcht, K ^c   Lamoreaux, S K ^d   Mattoni, C E H ^a   McKinsey, D N ^a   Wietfeldt, F E ^a,b   Doyle, J M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0034610761     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/47444     Document Type: Article

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