Efimov Resonances in Ultracold Quantum Gases

Few-Body Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 113-133

  Ferlaino, F ^a   Zenesini, A ^a   Berninger, M ^a   Huang, B ^a   Nagerl H C ^a   Grimm, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 80355146869     PISSN: 01777963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00601-011-0260-7     Document Type: Article

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