Experimental quantum simulations of many-body physics with trapped ions

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Schneider, Ch ^a,b   Porras, Diego ^c   Schaetz, Tobias ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84856410719     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/2/024401     Document Type: Review

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