Three-body decay of a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate

被引：153

作者：

Söding, J ^{[1
]}

Guéry-Odelin, D ^{[1
]}

Desbiolles, P ^{[1
]}

Chevy, F ^{[1
]}

Inamori, H ^{[1
]}

Dalibard, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ecole Normale Super, Lab Kastler Brossel, F-75231 Paris 05, France

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1999年 / 69卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1007/s003400050805

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We have measured the three-body decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate of rubidium (Rb-87) atoms prepared in the doubly polarized ground state F = m(F) = 2. Our data are taken for a peak atomic density in the condensate varying between 2 x 10(14) cm(-3) at initial time and 7 x 10(13) cm(-3), 16 s later. Taking into account the influence of the uncondensed atoms on the decay of the condensate, we deduce a rate constant for condensed atoms L = 1.8 (+/-0.5) x 10(-29) cm(6) s(-1). For these densities we did not find a significant contribution of two-body processes such as spin dipole relaxation.

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