Atom loss from Bose-Einstein condensates due to Feshbach resonance

V. A. Yurovsky, A. Ben-Reuven, P. S. Julienne +1

In recent experiments on Na Bose-Einstein condensates [S. Inouye et al, Nature 392, 151 (1998); J. Stenger et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2422 (1999)], large loss rates were observed…