Experiments on Bose-Einstein condensation

Rivista del Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-43

  Tino, G M ^a   Inguscio, M ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 0039527063     PISSN: 0393697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02874384     Document Type: Article

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