Endothermal fine-structure transition of metastable argon atoms passing through a micro-slit copper gratings

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-213

  Karam, J C ^a   Boustimi, M ^a   Baudon, J ^a   Ducloy, M ^a   Perales, F ^a   Reinhardt, J ^a   Bocvarski, V ^a   Mainos, C ^a   Levron, F ^a   Robert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

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EID: 18644365452     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2002-00340-1     Document Type: Article

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