The effect of atomic transfer on the decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate

P. Zin, A. Dragan, S. Charzynski, N. Herschbach, P.J.J. Tol, W. Hogervorst, W. Vassen

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Abstract

We present a model describing the decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate, which assumes the system to remain in thermal equilibrium during the decay. We show that under this assumption transfer of atoms occurs from the condensate to the thermal cloud enhancing the condensate decay rate.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L149-L154
JournalJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume36
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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