The a.c. and d.c. Josephson effects in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7162, 2007, Pages 579-583

  Levy, S ^a   Lahoud, E ^a   Shomroni, I ^a   Steinhauer, J ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE; PLASMA; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; INTERFEROMETER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 34948831973     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06186     Document Type: Article

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