Hulet, Randall G.2009-06-032009-06-031995Tollett, Jeffrey John. "A permanent magnet trap for cold atoms." (1995) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16891">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16891</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16891Approximately$4\times10\sp8$ ground state lithium atoms have been confined in a non-zero magnetic field minimum produced by six permanent magnets in an Ioffe configuration. These atoms have a kinetic temperature of 1.1 mK and a peak density of $8\times10\sp9$ cm$\sp{-3}$ The trapped atom lifetime is 240 seconds, limited by collisions with background gas. The tightly confining fields generated through the use of permanent magnets create a trap which is an excellent environment for the study of quantum statistical effects, atomic collisions, and other ultra-low temperature phenomena.182 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Atomic physicsThesisTHESIS PHYS. 1995 TOLLETT