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Effective size of a trapped atomic Bose gas

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We investigate the temperature-dependent effective size of a trapped interacting atomic Bose gas within a mean field theory approximation. The sudden shrinking of the average length, as observed in an earlier experiment by Wang {\it et al.} [Chin. Phys. Lett. {\bf 20}, 799 (2003)], is shown to be a good indication for Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Our study also supports the use of the average width of a trapped Bose gas for a nondestructive calibration of its temperature.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0509798,
  title  = {Effective size of a trapped atomic Bose gas},
  author = {Wenxian Zhang and Z. Xu and L. You},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0509798},
  year   = {2009}
}

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RevTex4, 6 pages, 4 eps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. A