Imaging of s and d partial-wave interference in quantum scattering of identical bosonic atoms

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Thomas, Nicholas R ^a   Kjærgaard, Niels ^a   Julienne, Paul S ^b   Wilson, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CONDENSATION; COOLING; FUNCTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RESONANCE; RUBIDIUM; SCANNING;

BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAPS (MOT); QUANTUM SCATTERING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 9744228996     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.173201     Document Type: Article

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