Anisotropic collisions of dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in the universal regime

作者:Burdick Nathaniel Q; Sykes Andrew G; Tang Yijun; Lev Benjamin L
来源:New Journal of Physics, 2016, 18(11): 113004.
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/18/11/113004

摘要

We report the measurement of collisions between two Bose-Einstein condensates with strong dipolar interactions. The collision velocity is significantly larger than the internal velocity distribution widths of the individual condensates, and thus, with the condensates being sufficiently dilute, a halo corresponding to the two-body differential scattering cross section is observed. The results demonstrate a novel regime of quantum scattering, relevant to dipolar interactions, in which a large number of angular momentum states become coupled during the collision. We perform Monte-Carlo simulations to provide a detailed comparison between theoretical two-body cross sections and the experimental observations.

  • 出版日期2016-11-4