How does a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate collapse?

Laser Physics - Tập 19 - Trang 547-549 - 2009
J. L. Bohn1, R. M. Wilson1, S. Ronen1
1JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Tóm tắt

We emphasize that the macroscopic collapse of a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate in a pancake-shaped trap occurs through local density fluctuations, rather than through a global collapse to the trap center. This hypothesis is supported by a recent experiment in a chromium condensate.

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