Title :
Collapse of a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate
Author :
Chin, J.K. ; Vogels, J.M. ; Mukaiyama, T. ; Xu, K. ; Abo-Shaeer, J.R. ; Miller, D.E. ; Ketterle, W.
Author_Institution :
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We probe the collapse of large attractive Bose-Einstein condensates. We observe the amplification of a local instability by seeding a momentum state p and switching the scattering length negative via a Feshbach resonance. We also observe the appearance of atoms in the conjugate momentum state.
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; radiation pressure; resonant states; Bose-Einstein condensates; Feshbach resonance; conjugate momentum state; local instability; optical trapping; scattering length; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; Chemicals; Hydrogen; Laser excitation; Optical scattering; Probes; Resonance; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238226
