Towards the realization of atom trap trace analysis for39Ar

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Weite, J ^a   Ritterbusch, F ^a   Steinke, I ^a   Henrich, M ^a   Aeschbach Hertig, W ^a   Oberthaler, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AR ATOM; ARGON ATOMS; ATOM TRAP; COLLIMATED BEAMS; COOLING TRANSITIONS; COUNT RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HYPERFINES; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; RARE ISOTOPES; SENSITIVE DETECTION;

ARGON; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ISOTOPES; LASER COOLING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ATOMS;

EID: 77955060015     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/065031     Document Type: Article

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