arXiv:0810.2217 · International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP)
A DISSIPATIVE TONKS-GIRARDEAU GAS OF MOLECULES
S. DÜRR, N. SYASSEN, D. M. BAUER, M. LETTNER, Thomas Volz, D. DIETZE, J.-J. GARCÍA-RIPOLL, J. I. CIRAC, G. REMPE
Abstract
Strongly correlated states in many-body systems are traditionally created using elastic interparticle interactions. Here we show that inelastic interactions between particles can also drive a system into the strongly correlated regime. This is shown by an experimental realization of a specific strongly correlated system, namely a one-dimensional molecular Tonks-Girardeau gas.