Efimov Trimers in a Harmonic Potential

Few-Body Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 219-234

  Portegies, Jacobus ^a,b   Kokkelmans, Servaas ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80955178848     PISSN: 01777963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00601-011-0237-6     Document Type: Article

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