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The process of Zeeman laser cooling of 85Rb atoms in a new scheme employing a transverse magnetic field has been experimentally studied. Upon cooling, the average velocity of atoms was 12 m/s at a beam intensity of 7.2×1012 s−1 and an atomic density of 4.7×1010 cm−3.
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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 125, No. 4, 2004, pp. 761–773.
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Melentiev, P.N., Borisov, P.A. & Balykin, V.I. Zeeman laser cooling of 85Rb atoms in transverse magnetic field. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 98, 667–677 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1757666
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