Bose-Einstein condensates with 1/r interatomic attraction: Electromagnetically induced "gravity"

Authors
O'Dell, D Giovanazzi, S Kurizki, G Akulin, VM
Citation
D. O'Dell et al., Bose-Einstein condensates with 1/r interatomic attraction: Electromagnetically induced "gravity", PHYS REV L, 84(25), 2000, pp. 5687-5690
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
25
Year of publication
2000
Pages
5687 - 5690
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000619)84:25<5687:BCW1IA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We show that particular configurations of intense off-resonant laser beams can give rise to an attractive 1/r interatomic potential between atoms loca ted well within the laser wavelength. Such a "gravitational-like" interacti on is shown to give stable Bose-Einstein condensates that are self-bound (w ithout an additional trap) with unique scaling properties and measurably di stinct signatures.