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International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Coherence and Entanglement in Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate

Hua-Gui Zhu, Jian Shu, Guoqiang Huang, Cui-Lan Luo

Published Mar 19, 2014• 2 citations
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10.1007/s10773-014-2077-x

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