Giant spin relaxation of an ultracold cesium gas

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作者
Soding, J [1 ]
Guery-Odelin, D [1 ]
Desbiolles, P [1 ]
Ferrari, G [1 ]
Dalibard, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ Paris 06, Lab Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Super, CNRS,Unite Rech, F-75231 Paris 05, France
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1869
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the rate of inelastic collisions in a cloud of doubly polarized ground-state cesium atoms (F = m(F) = 4) confined in a magnetic trap for temperatures T between 8 and 70 mu K. We find a two-body rate coefficient varying as T-0.63. At 8 mu K it reaches 4 X 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) which is 3 orders of magnitude larger than predicted, ruling out a Bose-Einstein condensation of Cs in this internal state.
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页码:1869 / 1872
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