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Coherence in an Optically Trapped Fermi Gas

Kenneth M. O’Hara, Michael E. Gehm, S. R. Granade, M.-S. Chang, John E. Thomas

Published Jan 1, 2003• 2 citations
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10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_33

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