Realization of a magnetically guided atomic beam in the collisional regime
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We describe the realization of a magnetically guided beam of cold rubidium atoms, with a flux of atoms/s, a temperature of 400 K and a mean velocity of 1 m/s. The rate of elastic collisions within the beam is sufficient to ensure thermalization. We show that the evaporation induced by a radio-frequency wave leads to appreciable cooling and increase in phase space density. We discuss the perspectives to reach the quantum degenerate regime using evaporative cooling.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0405013,
title = {Realization of a magnetically guided atomic beam in the collisional regime},
author = {T. Lahaye and J. M. Vogels and K. Guenter and Z. Wang and J. Dalibard and D. Guery-Odelin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0405013},
year = {2009}
}
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Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett