Degenerate fermi gases of ytterbium

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Fukuhara, Takeshi [1 ]
Takasu, Yosuke
Kumakura, Mitsutaka
Takahashi, Yoshiro
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[1] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[2] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Engn, Dept Elect Sci & Engn, Kyoto 6158510, Japan
[3] Japan Sci & Technol Agcy, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012, Japan
[4] Japan Sci & Technol Agcy, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.030401
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Evaporative cooling was performed to cool fermionic Yb-173 atoms in a crossed optical dipole trap. The large elastic collision rate leads to efficient evaporation and we have successfully cooled the atoms to 0.37 +/- 0.06 of the Fermi temperature, that is to say, to a quantum degenerate regime. In this regime, a plunge of evaporation efficiency was observed as a result of Fermi degeneracy.
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