Production and application of translationally cold molecules

International Reviews in Physical Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-128

  Bethlem, Hendrick L ^a   Meijer, Gerard ^a,b,c  

^a FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

COOLING; DECELERATION; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037237235     PISSN: 0144235X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144235021000046422     Document Type: Review

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