Preparation and manipulation of molecules for fundamental physics tests

Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 555-596

  Tarbutt, Michael R ^a   Hudson, Jony J ^a   Sauer, Ben E ^a   Hinds, Edward A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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