EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF ATOMIC-HYDROGEN - THEORY OF COOLING AND PROGRESS TOWARDS THE BOSE-EINSTEIN TRANSITION

被引:20
作者
DOYLE, JM [1 ]
SANDBERG, JC [1 ]
YU, IA [1 ]
CESAR, CL [1 ]
KLEPPNER, D [1 ]
GREYTAK, TJ [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,CTR MAT SCI & ENGN,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
来源
PHYSICA B | 1994年 / 194卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0921-4526(94)90336-0
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We present a model for and the results of experiments on evaporative cooling of magnetically trapped atomic hydrogen. Forced evaporative cooling and compression were performed simultaneously to produce a sample with a density of 8 x 10(13) cm-3 at a temperature of 100 muK, a factor of 3.5 above the critical temperature of the Bose-Einstein condensation phase transition at this density and well below the 1.3 mK recoil limit for laser cooling. A quantitative model of evaporative cooling has been developed and its predictions are in good agreement with the data.
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