Experiments with single electrons in liquid helium

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Guo, W ^a   Jin, D ^a   Seidel, G M ^a   Maris, H J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61849093217     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054515     Document Type: Article

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