Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Gas of Sodium Atoms
Physical Review Letters (1995)
- ISSN: 00319007
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3969
- PubMed: 10059782
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Abstract
We have observed Bose-Einstein condensation of sodium atoms. The atoms were trapped in a novel trap that employed both magnetic and optical forces. Evaporative cooling increased the phase-space density by 6 orders of magnitude within seven seconds. Condensates contained up to 5105 atoms at densities exceeding 1014 cm-3. The striking signature of Bose condensation was the sudden appearance of a bimodal velocity distribution below the critical temperature of 2μK. The distribution consisted of an isotropic thermal distribution and an elliptical core attributed to the expansion of a dense condensate.
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