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Disruption of Bose-Einstein condensates on classical and quantum reflection

R. G. Scott, T. M. Fromhold, F. W. Sheard, A. Martin

Published Dec 10, 2005• 1 citation
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Abstract

We show that quantum-mechanical reflection can severely disrupt the structure of Bose-Einstein condensates and explain anomalously low reflection coefficients recently observed for condensates reflected from a Si surface.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2005.1548807

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