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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 135301 (2008) [4 pages]

Bragg Spectroscopy of a Strongly Interacting 85Rb Bose-Einstein Condensate

S. B. Papp,1 J. M. Pino,1 R. J. Wild,1 S. Ronen,1 C. E. Wieman,2,1 D. S. Jin,1 and E. A. Cornell1
1JILA, Quantum Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
2University of British Colombia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada

Received 9 April 2008; revised 8 August 2008; published 22 September 2008

We report on measurements of the excitation spectrum of a strongly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate. A magnetic-field Feshbach resonance is used to tune atom-atom interactions in the condensate and to reach a regime where quantum depletion and beyond mean-field corrections to the condensate chemical potential are significant. We use two-photon Bragg spectroscopy to probe the condensate excitation spectrum; our results demonstrate the onset of beyond mean-field effects in a gaseous Bose-Einstein condensate.

©2008 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.135301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.135301
PACS: 05.30.Jp; 03.75.Hh; 67.85.De; 67.85.Jk
  • 05.30.Jp
    Boson systems (quantum statistical mechanics)
  • 03.75.Hh
    Static properties of Bose-Einstein condensates
  • 67.85.De
    Dynamic properties of condensates; excitations and superfluid flow (ultracold/trapped gases)
  • 67.85.Jk
    Other Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena (ultracold/trapped gases)
  • YEAR: 2008

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