Jimenez, K.
, Compton, R.
, Lin, Y.
, Porto, J.
and Spielman, I.
(2012),
Dynamically Slowed Collapse of a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Negative Scattering Length, Physical Review A, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.063601
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Dynamically Slowed Collapse of a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Negative Scattering Length
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We rapidly change the scattering length a_s of a ^{87}Rb Bose-Einstein condensate by means of a Feshbach resonance, simultaneously releasing the condensate from its harmonic trapping potential. When a_s is changed from positive to negative, the subsequent collapse of the condensate is stabilized by the kinetic energy imparted during the release, resulting in a deceleration of the loss rate near the resonance. We also observe an increase in the Thomas-Fermi radius, near the resonance, that cannot be understood in terms of a simple scaling model. Instead, we describe this behavior using the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, including three-body recombination, and hypothesize that the increase in cloud radius is due to the formation of concentric shells.Citation
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dynamical instability, Feshbach resonances, Ultracold atoms
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