IS BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF ATOMIC CESIUM POSSIBLE

Authors
GUERYODELIN D SODING J DESBIOLLES P DALIBARD J
Citation
D. Gueryodelin et al., IS BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF ATOMIC CESIUM POSSIBLE, Europhysics letters (Print), 44(1), 1998, pp. 25-30
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
25 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1998)44:1<25:IBCOAC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
hyperfine level (F = 3) and confined in a magnetic trap. We measure a rate similar to 4 x 10(-13) cm(3)s(-1), for a field of 0.1 mT and a te mperature 1 mu K. This value is 2 orders of magnitude larger than for lighter alkalis. It puts strong constraints on the trapping mechanism which could lead to the Bose-Einstein condensation of cesium.