Colisões Inelásticas Frias em Amostras Heteronucleares obtidas em Armadilhas Magneto-Ópticas. / Cold inelastic collisions in two species magneto optical traps.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1998

RESUMO

We report the results of the trap-Ioss collisional rates observed in a mixed species magneto-optical trapo These are the first systematic studies about the collisionalloss channels due to heteronuclear interactions between two cold atomic sampIes in aMOr. We have used two different combinations: Na-Rb and K -Rb. lt was observed that the rates are strongly affected by the radiative escape Ioss channel, especially in the Na-Rb system. We also observed that some other Ioss channels may ruIe the rates behavior depending on the combination or the experimento To understand the results a semiclassical approach was used: the Gallagher-Prichard theory. We beIieve that these studies will soon be helpful to control the interatomic collisional rates for the achievement of heteronuclear sampIes of Bose-Einstein condensates.

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armadilha magneto-óptica magneto optical traps ultracold collisions two species traps processos de colisão atômica amostras atômicas gasosas frias

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