Surface Excitations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Surface modes in a Bose-Einstein condensate of sodium atoms have been studied. We observed excitations of standing and rotating quadrupolar and octopolar modes. The modes were excited with high spatial and temporal resolution using the optical dipole force of a rapidly scanning laser beam. This novel technique is very flexible and should be useful for the study of rotating Bose-Einstein condensates and vortices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908340,
title = {Surface Excitations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate},
author = {R. Onofrio and D. S. Durfee and C. Raman and M. Kohl and C. E. Kuklewicz and W. Ketterle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908340},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 encapsulated figures