Direct, nondestructive observation of a bose condensate

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作者
Andrews, MR [1 ]
Mewes, MO [1 ]
vanDruten, NJ [1 ]
Durfee, DS [1 ]
Kurn, DM [1 ]
Ketterle, W [1 ]
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[1] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1126/science.273.5271.84
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The spatial obsewation of a Bose condensate is reported. Dispersive light scattering was used to observe the separation between the condensed and normal components of the Bose gas inside a magnetic trap. This technique is nondestructive, and about a hundred images of the same condensate can be taken. The width of the angular distribution of scattered light increased suddenly at the phase transition.
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