Measurements of Collective Collapse in a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Attractive Interactions

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1999
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The occupation number of a magnetically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate is limited for atoms with attractive interactions. It has been predicted that, as this limit is approached, the condensate will collapse by a collective process. The measured spread in condensate number for samples of Li7 atoms undergoing thermal equilibration is consistent with the occurrence of such collapses.

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Sackett, C.A., Gerton, J.M., Welling, M., et al.. "Measurements of Collective Collapse in a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Attractive Interactions." Physical Review Letters, 82, no. 5 (1999) American Physical Society: 876. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.876.

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