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Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference

Evaporative cooling of rubidium atoms in a time-averaged orbiting potential magnetic trap

Michael H. Anderson, Wolfgang H. Petrich, J. R. Ensher, Michael G. Mathews, Eric Cornell

Published May 22, 1995• 0 citations
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