Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5653, 2003, Pages 2101-2103

  Jochim, S ^a   Bartenstein, M ^a   Altmeyer, A ^a   Hendl, G ^a   Riedl, S ^a   Chin, C ^a   Hecker Denschtag, J ^a   Grimm, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EVAPORATION; FERMIONS; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RESONANCE;

OPTICAL TRAPS;

CONDENSATION;

LITHIUM;

CONDENSATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CONDUCTANCE; DIPOLE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; FERMION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0346362491     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1093280     Document Type: Article

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44. We thank P. Zoller for very useful discussions and for stimulating the measurement of the collective excitation frequency. We acknowledge support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) within Spezialforschungsbereich 15 (project part 15) and by the European Union through the Cold Molecules Training and Mobility of Researchers Network under contract no. HPRN-CT-2002-00290. C.C. is a Lise-Meitner fellow of the FWF.