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arXiv:1606.04384 · Nature Physics

Directly probing anisotropy in atom–molecule collisions through quantum scattering resonances

Ayelet Klein, Yuval Shagam, Wojciech Skomorowski, Piotr Szymon Żuchowski, Mariusz Pawlak, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, Nimrod Moiseyev, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker, Ad van der Avoird, Christiane P. Koch, Edvardas Narevicius

Published Oct 17, 2016• 129 citations
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10.1038/nphys3904

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