Growth of Bose-Einstein Condensates from Thermal Vapor
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
We report on a quantitative study of the growth process of Rb Bose-Einstein condensates. By continuous evaporative cooling we directly control the thermal cloud from which the condensate grows. We compare the experimental data with the results of a theoretical model based on quantum kinetic theory. We find quantitative agreement with theory for the situation of strong cooling, whereas in the weak cooling regime a distinctly different behaviour is found in the experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0106642,
title = {Growth of Bose-Einstein Condensates from Thermal Vapor},
author = {M. Köhl and M. J. Davis and C. W. Gardiner and T. W. Hänsch and T. Esslinger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0106642},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures