Realization of a quantum degenerate mixture of highly magnetic and nonmagnetic atoms
F. Schäfer, Yuki Haruna, Yoshiro Takahashi
Abstract
The authors report the realization of a mixture of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates of highly magnetic erbium and nonmagnetic ytterbium by a sympathetic cooling method. The measurement of the trap lifetime of the mixture shows good collisional stability against three-body losses.
Topics & Concepts
Degenerate energy levelsPhysicsRealization (probability)Degeneracy (biology)QuantumBose–Einstein condensateCondensed matter physicsMagnetic trapFeshbach resonanceQuantum mechanicsMagnetic fieldMoleculeMathematicsStatisticsBiologyBioinformaticsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research