Measurement of the angular momentum of a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2223-2227

  Chevy, F ^a   Madison, K W ^a   Dalibard, J ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMS; GROUND STATE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER BEAMS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OSCILLATIONS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; VORTEX FLOW;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; AXISYMMETRIC MAGNETIC TRAP; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; QUADRUPOLE OSCILLATION; VORTEX NUCLEATION THRESHOLD;

RUBIDIUM;

EID: 0034274029     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2223     Document Type: Article

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