Expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a harmonic potential
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 53 (4) , R1954-R1957
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.53.r1954
Abstract
We analyze the three-dimensional dynamic expansion of a weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate in a harmonic trap when the spring constants of the confining potential are instantaneously reduced. Our results are compared with experimental observation from a condensate of atoms.
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