{
  "id": "cond-mat/0208108",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2002-08-06T12:05:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-08-06T12:05:40.000Z",
  "title": "Ionization rates in a Bose-Einstein condensate of metastable Helium",
  "authors": [
    "O. Sirjean",
    "S. Seidelin",
    "J. Viana Gomes",
    "D. Boiron",
    "C. I. Westbrook",
    "A. Aspect",
    "G. V. Shlyapnikov"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 3 figures",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.220406",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "physics.atom-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We have studied ionizing collisions in a BEC of He*. Measurements of the ion production rate combined with measurements of the density and number of atoms for the same sample allow us to estimate both the 2 and 3-body contributions to this rate. A comparison with the decay of the number of condensed atoms in our magnetic trap, in the presence of an rf-shield, indicates that ionizing collisions are largely or wholly responsible for the loss. Quantum depletion makes a substantial correction to the 3-body rate constant.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2002-08-06T12:05:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "bose-einstein condensate",
      "ionization rates",
      "metastable helium",
      "ionizing collisions",
      "ion production rate"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}