Quantum simulations with trapped ions

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Blatt, R ^a,b   Roos, C F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 84859312162     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2252     Document Type: Review

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