Direct observation of the phonon energy in a Bose-Einstein condensate by tomographic imaging
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
The momentum and energy of phonons in a Bose-Einstein condensate are measured directly from a time-of-flight image by computerized tomography. We find that the same atoms that carry the momentum of the excitation also carry the excitation energy. The measured energy is in agreement with the Bogoliubov spectrum. Hydrodynamic simulations are performed which confirm our observation.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0112496,
title = {Direct observation of the phonon energy in a Bose-Einstein condensate by tomographic imaging},
author = {Roee Ozeri and Jeff Steinhauer and Nadav Katz and Nir Davidson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0112496},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Letter, 5 figures