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Cold Atoms and Molecules

A buffer gas beam source for short, intense and slow molecular pulses

S. TruppeCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.Correspondence[email protected]
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M. HambachCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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S. M. SkoffCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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N. E. BulleidCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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J. S. BumbyCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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R. J. HendricksCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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E. A. HindsCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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B. E. SauerCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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M. R. TarbuttCentre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.View further author information
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Pages 648-656 | Received 13 Jul 2017, Accepted 06 Sep 2017, Published online: 05 Nov 2017

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