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Randall G. Hulet | Zendy; C. C. Bradley | Zendy; C. A. Sackett | Zendy

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<title>Bose-Einstein condensation of lithium</title>

Author(s) -

Randall G. Hulet,

C. C. Bradley,

C. A. Sackett

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.273760

Subject(s) - bose–einstein condensate , condensation , lithium (medication) , physics , atomic physics , phase (matter) , quantum , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , medicine , endocrinology

Bose-Einstein condensation of 7Li has been studied in a magnetically trapped gas. Because of the effectively attractive interactions between 7Li atoms, many-body quantum theory predicts that the occupation number of the condensate is limited to about 1400 atoms. We observe the condensate number to be limited to a maximum value between 650 and 1300 atoms. The measurements were made using a versatile phase-contrast imaging technique. We discuss our measurements, the current theoretical understanding of BEC in a gas with attractive interactions, and future experiments we hope to perform

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