Free-fall expansion of finite-temperature Bose-Einstein condensed gas in the non-Thomas-Fermi regime

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Zawada, M ^a   Abdoul, R ^a   Chwedenczuk J ^b   Gartman, R ^a   Szczepkowski, J ^c   Tracewski, L ^d   Witkowski, M ^e   Gawlik, W ^f  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE- EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; THERMAL CLOUDS; THOMAS-FERMI REGIMES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; RUBIDIUM; STEAM CONDENSERS;

ATOMS;

EID: 63849150374     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/24/241001     Document Type: Article

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