New Journal of Physics
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November 2009
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H Christian Schewe et al 2009 New J. Phys. 11 113030 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/11/113030
Focusing a helium atom beam using a quantum-reflection mirror
H Christian Schewe, Bum Suk Zhao1, Gerard Meijer and Wieland Schöllkopf
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