Accumulation and thermalization of cold atoms in a finite-depth magnetic trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chicireanu, R ^a   Beaufils, Q ^a   Pouderous, A ^a   Laburthe Tolra, B ^a   Marechal E ^a   Porto, J V ^b   Vernac, L ^a   Keller, J C ^a   Gorceix, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INELASTIC COLLISIONS; METASTABLE ATOMS;

ATOMS;

EID: 34547922731     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.023406     Document Type: Article

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