Observation of quasicondensate in two-dimensional atomic hydrogen

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Safonov, AI [1 ]
Vasilyev, SA
Yasnikov, IS
Lukashevich, II
Jaakkola, S
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[1] Univ Turku, Dept Phys, Wihuri Phys Lab, Turku 20014, Finland
[2] Kurchatov Inst, ISSSP, Lab Metastable Quantum Syst, Moscow 123182, Russia
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4545
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We have performed magnetic compression experiments with the two-dimensional gas of hydrogen atoms on liquid (4)He at T = 120-200 mK. For 2D phase-space densities higher than 3, the probability of three-body dipole recombination is observed to decrease gradually by an order of magnitude in comparison to its low-density value K(bbb) = 8.4(3.5) X 10(-25) cm(4) s(-1). This is attributed to local coherence developing in a 2D quasicondensate. We have also determined the value U/k = 5.1(5) X 10(-15) K cm(2) for the mean-field energy of the gas. [S0031-9007(98)07787-4].
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