Ultracold 87Rb ground-state hyperfine-changing collisions in the presence and absence of laser light

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 030702-030701

  Gensemer, S D ^a   Gould, P L ^a   Leo, P J ^b   Tiesinga, E ^b   Williams, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; GROUND STATE; KINETIC ENERGY; LASERS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; HYPERFINE CHANGING COLLISIONS; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; NEAR RESONANT TRAP LASER LIGHT;

RUBIDIUM;

EID: 4243517992     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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