%0 Journal Article %1 Soding1999Threebody %A Söding, J. %A Guéry-Odelin, D. %A Desbiolles, P. %A Chevy, F. %A Inamori, H. %A Dalibard, J. %D 1999 %J Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics %K bec, three-body %N 4 %P 257--261 %R 10.1007/s003400050805 %T Three-body decay of a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003400050805 %V 69 %X We have measured the three-body decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate of rubidium (87Rb) atoms prepared in the doubly polarized ground state F=mF=2. Our data are taken for a peak atomic density in the condensate varying between 2&\#501014 cm-3 at initial time and 7&\#501013 cm-3, 16 s later. Taking into account the influence of the uncondensed atoms on the decay of the condensate, we deduce a rate constant for condensed atoms L=1.8 (&\#450.5) &\#5010-29 cm6 s-1. For these densities we did not find a significant contribution of two-body processes such as spin dipole relaxation.

@article{Soding1999Threebody, abstract = {{We have measured the three-body decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate of rubidium (87Rb) atoms prepared in the doubly polarized ground state F=mF=2. Our data are taken for a peak atomic density in the condensate varying between 2\&\#501014 cm-3 at initial time and 7\&\#501013 cm-3, 16 s later. Taking into account the influence of the uncondensed atoms on the decay of the condensate, we deduce a rate constant for condensed atoms L=1.8 (\&\#450.5) \&\#5010-29 cm6 s-1. For these densities we did not find a significant contribution of two-body processes such as spin dipole relaxation.}}, added-at = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, author = {S\"{o}ding, J. and Gu\'{e}ry-Odelin, D. and Desbiolles, P. and Chevy, F. and Inamori, H. and Dalibard, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2353e24470f6746de9d3e73b1fcb6d80f/rspreeuw}, citeulike-article-id = {2067579}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003400050805}, day = 12, doi = {10.1007/s003400050805}, interhash = {e1d5f442748ed46abc90a953bbf8d3e5}, intrahash = {353e24470f6746de9d3e73b1fcb6d80f}, journal = {Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics}, keywords = {bec, three-body}, month = oct, number = 4, pages = {257--261}, posted-at = {2007-12-06 16:31:47}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, title = {{Three-body decay of a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003400050805}, volume = 69, year = 1999 }