Prospects for the measurement of the electron electric dipole moment using YbF

@article{Sauer2011ProspectsFT,
  title={Prospects for the measurement of the electron electric dipole moment using YbF},
  author={B E Sauer and James Hudson and Dhiren M. Kara and I. J. Smallman and M R Tarbutt and E. A. Hinds},
  journal={arXiv: Atomic Physics},
  year={2011}
}
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