@article {Swansson:February 2007:0946-2171:485, author = "Swansson, J.A.", author = "Dall, R.G.", author = "Truscott, A.G.", title = "An intense cold beam of metastable helium", journal = "Applied Physics B", volume = "86", year = "February 2007", abstract = "We have produced and characterised a slow, bright and intense atomic beam of metastable helium atoms, suitable for atomic physics experiments. The maximum continuous flux attained was 2×1010 atoms/s, while a typical longitudinal peak velocity of the beam was ∼26 m/s with a divergence in the range of 15 mrad to 30 mrad.", pages = "485-489(5)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/340/2007/00000086/00000003/00002472" doi = "doi:10.1007/s00340-006-2472-y" }