Anisotropic Expansion of a Thermal Dipolar Bose Gas

作者:Tang Y; Sykes A G; Burdick N Q; DiSciacca J M; Petrov D S; Lev B L
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2016, 117(15): 155301.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.155301

摘要

We report on the anisotropic expansion of ultracold bosonic dysprosium gases at temperatures above quantum degeneracy and develop a quantitative theory to describe this behavior. The theory expresses the postexpansion aspect ratio in terms of temperature and microscopic collisional properties by incorporating Hartree-Fock mean-field interactions, hydrodynamic effects, and Bose-enhancement factors. Our results extend the utility of expansion imaging by providing accurate thermometry for dipolar thermal Bose gases. Furthermore, we present a simple method to determine scattering lengths in dipolar gases, including near a Feshbach resonance, through observation of thermal gas expansion.

  • 出版日期2016-10-4