Alkali-metal adsorbate polarization on conducting and insulating surfaces probed with Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  McGuirk, J M ^a   Harber, D M ^a   Obrecht, J M ^a   Cornell, E A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATES; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; FREQUENCY SHIFTS; MAGNETIC TRAP;

ADSORPTION; ALKALI METALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FERMI LEVEL; GAS CONDENSATES; IONIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RUBIDIUM; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 84862400625     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.062905     Document Type: Article

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