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An assemblage of < 50 Ba+ ions, contained in a parabolic well, has been visually observed and cooled by means of near-resonant laser irradiation.Received 25 April 1978DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.233©1978 American Physical Society
Neuhauser et al. (Mon,) studied this question.