Martinez de Escobar, Y.N.Mickelson, P.G.Yan, M.DeSalvo, B.J.Nagel, S.B.Killian, T.C.2012-11-262012-11-262009Martinez de Escobar, Y.N., Mickelson, P.G., Yan, M., et al.. "Bose-Einstein Condensation of 84Sr." <i>Physical Review Letters,</i> 103, (2009) American Physical Society: 200402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.200402.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/68401We report Bose-Einstein condensation of Sr84 in an optical dipole trap. Efficient laser cooling on the narrow intercombination line and an ideal s-wave scattering length allow the creation of large condensates (N0∼3×105) even though the natural abundance of this isotope is only 0.6%. Condensation is heralded by the emergence of a low-velocity component in time-of-flight images.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.200402