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cond-mat2001★ 314 cited
Bose-Einstein Condensation of Metastable Helium
F. Pereira Dos Santos, J. Leonard, Junmin Wang +6
We have observed a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a dilute gas of He in the metastable state. We find a critical temperature of K and a typical number of a…
physics.atom-ph2001★ 13 cited
Efficient magneto-optical trapping of a metastable helium gas
F. Pereira Dos Santos, F. Perales, J. Leonard +6
This article presents a new experiment aiming at BEC of metastable helium atoms. It describes the design of a high flux discharge source of atoms and a robust laser system using a…
physics.atom-ph2001★ 28 cited
Penning collisions of laser-cooled metastable helium atoms
F. Pereira Dos Santos, F. Perales, J. Leonard +6
We present experimental results on the two-body loss rates in a magneto-optical trap of metastable helium atoms. Absolute rates are measured in a systematic way for several laser d…