Reaching the hydrodynamic regime in a Bose-Einstein condensate by suppression of avalanches
We report the realization of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in the hydrodynamic regime. The hydrodynamic regime is reached by evaporative cooling at a relatively low density suppressing the effect of avalanches. With the suppression of avalanches a BEC containing more than 10{sup 8} atoms is produ...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2007-03, Vol.75 (3), Article 031602 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We report the realization of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in the hydrodynamic regime. The hydrodynamic regime is reached by evaporative cooling at a relatively low density suppressing the effect of avalanches. With the suppression of avalanches a BEC containing more than 10{sup 8} atoms is produced. The collisional opacity can be tuned from the collisionless regime to a collisional opacity of more than 2 by compressing the trap after condensation. In the collisional opaque regime a significant heating of the cloud at time scales shorter than half of the radial trap period is measured, which is a direct proof that the BEC is hydrodynamic. |
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ISSN: | 1050-2947 1094-1622 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.031602 |