Using ion production to monitor the birth and death of a metastable helium Bose-Einstein condensate

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Seidelin, S ^a   Sirjean, O ^a   Viana Gomes, J ^b   Boiron, D ^a   Westbrook, C I ^a   Aspect, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bose einstein condensate; Cold atoms; Condensate formation; Metastable helium; Penning collisions

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HELIUM; IONIZATION; IONS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; RATE CONSTANTS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; METASTABLE HELIUM; PENNING COLLISIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0038060569     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/5/2/367     Document Type: Article

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