Bose gas in a gravito-optical trap
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Quantum and Semiclassical Optics: Journal of the European Optical Society Part B
- Vol. 8 (3) , 727-736
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1355-5111/8/3/031
Abstract
The occupation of the centre-of-mass quantum states of a gas layer of non-interacting bosons is studied theoretically. The atomic gas is trapped in a gravito-optical trap in one dimension, moving freely in the two transverse dimensions. The eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the trap are considered. Using the discrete spectrum, a quantum statistical effect is shown in the longitudinal density profile, obtained by tracing over the transverse Bose - Einstein momentum distribution.Keywords
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