Production of a Bose Einstein condensate of metastable helium atoms

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Pereira Dos Santos, F ^a   Leonard J ^a   Wang, Junmin ^a,e   Barrelet, C J ^a   Perales, F ^b   Rasel, E ^c   Unnikrishnan, C S ^d   Leduc, M ^a   Cohen Tannoudji, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^e SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HELIUM; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; DILUTE GAS; ELASTIC AND INELASTIC COLLISIONS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; META-STABLE STATE; METASTABLE HELIUM ATOMS; OPTIMISATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

ATOMS;

EID: 0036557289     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10053-002-8859-3     Document Type: Article

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