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COOLING MOLECULES WITH LASER LIGHT

Michael D. Di Rosa, Robert Sander, Steven J. Buelow

Published Jan 1, 2005• 0 citations
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{M.D. Di Rosa, \textit{Eur. Phys. J. D{Funding from the Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD Program is gratefully acknowledged.

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