Microscopic observation of magnon bound states and their dynamics

Nature

Volumn 502, Issue 7469, 2013, Pages 76-79

  Fukuhara, Takeshi ^a   Schauß, Peter ^a   Endres, Manuel ^a   Hild, Sebastian ^a   Cheneau, Marc ^a,b   Bloch, Immanuel ^a,c   Gross, Christian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESOLUTION; SCATTERING; TRACKING;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; DYNAMICS; MAGNET; MAGNON BOUND STATE; MASS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84885612793     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12541     Document Type: Article

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