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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Investigation of the coupling of the momentum distribution of a BEC with its collective of modes

E. A. L. Henn, P. E. S. Tavares, A. R. Fritsch, Franklin J. Vivanco, Gustavo Deczka Telles, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato

Published Mar 15, 2016• 0 citations
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