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Explosion of a collapsing Bose-Einstein condensate

arXiv:cond-mat/0007320 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2204

Abstract

We show that elastic collisions between atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate with attractive interactions lead to an explosion that ejects a large fraction of the collapsing condensate. We study variationally the dynamics of this explosion and find excellent agreement with recent experiments on magnetically trapped Rubidium-85. We also determine the energy and angular distribution of the ejected atoms during the collapse.

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