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Applications of electron cooling in atomic, nuclear and high-energy physics

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The introduction of electron cooling has opened up new possibilities in atomic, nuclear and particle physics. Now many newly constructed ion storage rings are making use of this technique.

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Poth, H. Applications of electron cooling in atomic, nuclear and high-energy physics. Nature 345, 399–405 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/345399a0

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