arXiv · 0901.1763
Spinor condensate of $^{87}$Rb as a dipolar gas
Abstract
We consider a spinor condensate of $^{87}$Rb atoms in F=1 hyperfine state confined in an optical dipole trap. Putting initially all atoms in $m_F=0$ component we find that the system evolves towards a state of thermal equilibrium with kinetic energy equally distributed among all magnetic components. We show that this process is dominated by the dipolar interaction of magnetic spins rather than spin mixing contact potential. Our results show that because of a dynamical separation of magnetic components the spin mixing dynamics in $^{87}$Rb condensate is governed by dipolar interaction which plays no role in a single component rubidium system in a magnetic trap.
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Tomasz Świsłocki, Mirosław Brewczyk, Mariusz Gajda, Kazimierz Rzążewski. 2009-10-14. Spinor condensate of $^{87}$Rb as a dipolar gas. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.81.033604
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