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Optical scattering angles and Bose-stimulated motion in cold atomic gas

Quantum Physics 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

Bose statistics imply a substantial enhancement at small angles for light scattering off a cold, Bose gas. The enhancement increases dramatically at the Bose-Einstein temperature. This phenomenon could be utilized to eliminate almost entirely the heating of the gas by a weak probe light beam.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9507012,
  title  = {Optical scattering angles and Bose-stimulated motion in cold atomic gas},
  author = {H. David Politzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9507012},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages (REVTeX) and 1 figure (ps); revisions: some new comments relevant to current experiments and one math typo; to appear in Physics Letters A

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