Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-09-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
Article submitted for Phys. Rev. Letters, 6 figures
Scientific paper
We report the realization of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in the hydrodynamic regime. The hydrodynamic regime is reached by evaporative cooling at a relative low density suppressing the effect of avalanches. With the suppression of avalanches a BEC containing 120.10^6 atoms is produced. The collisional opacity can be tuned from the collisionless regime to a collisional opacity of more than 3 by compressing the trap after condensation. In the collisional opaque regime a significant heating of the cloud at time scales shorter than half of the radial trap period is measured. This is direct proof that the BEC is hydrodynamic.
der Stam M. R. van K.
der Straten van P.
Meppelink R.
Vogels J. M.
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