Two body loss rate in a magneto-optical trap of metastable He

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作者：

Browaeys, A

Poupard, J

Robert, A

Nowak, S

Rooijakkers, W

Arimondo, E

Marcassa, L

Boiron, D

Westbrook, CI

Aspect, A

机构：

[1] Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, CNRS, Unite Mixte 8501, F-91403 Orsay, France

[2] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

[3] Univ Pisa, INFM, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

[4] Univ Sao Paulo, IFSC, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D | 2000年 / 8卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1007/s100530050027

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We have measured the two body loss rate in a magneto-optical trap containing triplet metastable He atoms. Mie find a rate constant beta = 3 x 10(-8) cm(3)/s at a -8 MHz detuning, with an uncertainty of a factor 2. This measurement is in disagreement with a recent experiment which measures the absolute, ion-producing collision rate, but agrees with several other published measurements.

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