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Atomic Clocks and Cold Atom Scattering

Chad Fertig, Ronald Legere, J.Irfon Rees, Kurt Gibble, S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, BOUDEWIJN J. VERHAAR

Published Jan 1, 2003• 1 citation
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10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_14

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