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Collected Papers of Carl Wieman

Measurement of Cs-Cs elastic scattering at T =30 μK

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Monroe, CR; Cornell, EA; Sackett, CA; Myatt, CJ; Wieman, CE
January 1, 2008

We have measured the elastic collision cross section for spin polarized atomic cesium. Neutral cesium atoms are optically cooled, then loaded into a dc magnetic trap. We infer the scattering rate from the rate at which anisotropies in the initial energy distribution are observed to relax. The cross section for F - 3, mF=-3 on F=3, mF=-3 is 1.5(4)x 10-12cm2, and is independent of temperature from 30 to 250 μK, This determination clarifies the technical requirements for attaining Bose-Einstein condensation in a magnetically trapped Cs vapor. We also study heating due to glancing collisions with 300 K background Cs atoms. PACS numbers: 34.40.+n, 05.30.Jp, 32.80.Pj. 34.50.-s.

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Monroe, C. R., Cornell, E. A., Sackett, C. A., Myatt, C. J., & Wieman, C. E. (2008). Measurement of Cs-Cs elastic scattering at T =30 μK. In Collected Papers of Carl Wieman (pp. 343–346). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812813787_0044
Monroe, C. R., E. A. Cornell, C. A. Sackett, C. J. Myatt, and C. E. Wieman. “Measurement of Cs-Cs elastic scattering at T =30 μK.” In Collected Papers of Carl Wieman, 343–46, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812813787_0044.
Monroe CR, Cornell EA, Sackett CA, Myatt CJ, Wieman CE. Measurement of Cs-Cs elastic scattering at T =30 μK. In: Collected Papers of Carl Wieman. 2008. p. 343–6.
Monroe, C. R., et al. “Measurement of Cs-Cs elastic scattering at T =30 μK.” Collected Papers of Carl Wieman, 2008, pp. 343–46. Scopus, doi:10.1142/9789812813787_0044.
Monroe CR, Cornell EA, Sackett CA, Myatt CJ, Wieman CE. Measurement of Cs-Cs elastic scattering at T =30 μK. Collected Papers of Carl Wieman. 2008. p. 343–346.

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