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Evidence for a critical velocity in a Bose-Einstein condensed gas

Soft Condensed Matter 2019-08-17 v1

Abstract

We have studied dissipation in a Bose--Einstein condensed gas by moving a blue detuned laser beam through the condensate at different velocities. Strong heating was observed only above a critical velocity.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9909109,
  title  = {Evidence for a critical velocity in a Bose-Einstein condensed gas},
  author = {C. Raman and M. Kohl and R. Onofrio and D. S. Durfee and C. E. Kuklewicz and Z. Hadzibabic and W. Ketterle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9909109},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures