1D toy model for magnetic trapping

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 334-343

  Gov, S ^a   Shtrikman, S ^a,c   Thomas, H ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038998966     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19436     Document Type: Article

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