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G Moody1, I A Akimov2, H Li3

  • 1JILA, University of Colorado & National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0390, USA.

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