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arXiv:cond-mat/0112496 · Physical Review Letters

Direct Observation of the Phonon Energy in a Bose-Einstein Condensate by Tomographic Imaging

Roee Ozeri, Jeff Steinhauer, Nadav Y. Katz, Nir Davidson

Published May 16, 2002• 42 citations
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Abstract

The momentum and energy of phonons in a Bose-Einstein condensate are measured directly from a time-of-flight image by computerized tomography. We find that the same atoms that carry the momentum of the excitation also carry the excitation energy. The measured energy is in agreement with the Bogoliubov spectrum. Hydrodynamic simulations are performed which confirm our observation.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.88.220401

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