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Sorting superfluidity from Bose-Einstein condensation in atomic gases

Iacopo Carusotto

Published Jan 19, 2010• 4 citations
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Abstract

We propose a method to measure the superfluid fraction of an atomic gas.The method involves the use of a vector potential generated by optical beams with nonzero angular momenta to simulate uniform rotation.The induced change in angular momentum of the atomic gas can be measured spectroscopically.This allows a direct determination of the superfluid fraction.

DOI
10.1103/physics.3.5

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