Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Tightly Confining dc Magnetic Trap.
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Bose-Einstein condensation of sodium atoms has been observed in a novel “cloverleaf” trap. This trap combines tight confinement with excellent optical access, using only dc electromagnets. Evaporative cooling in this trap produced condensates of 5 3 106 atoms, a tenfold improvement over previous results. We measured the condensate fraction and the repulsive mean-field energy, finding agreement with theoretical predictions. [S0031-9007(96)00729-6]
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 77 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996