Interference of interacting matter waves
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Institut für Experimentalphysik und Zentrum für Quantenphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A–6020 Innsbruck, Austria Institut für Theoretische Physik und Zentrum für Quantenphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A–6020 Innsbruck, Austria Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, A–6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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