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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 150406 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Oct 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
We have investigated the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate of strongly magnetic chromium atoms. The long-range and anisotropic magnetic dipole-dipole interaction leads to an anisotropic deformation of the expanding chromium condensate which depends on the orientation of the atomic dipole moments. Our measurements are consistent with the theory of dipolar quantum gases and show that a chromium condensate is an excellent model system to study dipolar interactions in such gases.
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- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- General Physics and Astronomy
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In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 95, No. 15, 150406, 07.10.2005.
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T1 - Observation of dipole-dipole interaction in a degenerate quantum gas
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AU - Griesmaier, A.
AU - Fattori, M.
AU - Pfau, T.
AU - Giovanazzi, S.
AU - Pedri, P.
AU - Santos, Luis
AU - Koch, Tobias
PY - 2005/10/7
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N2 - We have investigated the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate of strongly magnetic chromium atoms. The long-range and anisotropic magnetic dipole-dipole interaction leads to an anisotropic deformation of the expanding chromium condensate which depends on the orientation of the atomic dipole moments. Our measurements are consistent with the theory of dipolar quantum gases and show that a chromium condensate is an excellent model system to study dipolar interactions in such gases.
AB - We have investigated the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate of strongly magnetic chromium atoms. The long-range and anisotropic magnetic dipole-dipole interaction leads to an anisotropic deformation of the expanding chromium condensate which depends on the orientation of the atomic dipole moments. Our measurements are consistent with the theory of dipolar quantum gases and show that a chromium condensate is an excellent model system to study dipolar interactions in such gases.
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