Quantum gas of deeply bound ground state molecules

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5892, 2008, Pages 1062-1066

  Danzl, Johann G ^a   Haller, Elmar ^a   Gustavsson, Mattias ^a   Mark, Manfred J ^a   Hart, Russell ^a   Bouloufa, Nadia ^b   Dulieu, Olivier ^b   Ritsch, Helmut ^a   Nägerl, Hanns Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE; COOLING; DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 50149120212     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1159909     Document Type: Article

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