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Recent Experiments with Bose-Condensed Gases at JILA

D. S. Hall, J. R. Ensher, D. S. Jin, M. R. Matthews, C. E. Wieman, E. A. Cornell

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9903459

Abstract

We consider a binary mixture of two overlapping Bose-Einstein condensates in two different hyperfine states of 87 with nearly identical magnetic moments. Such a system has been simply realized through application of radiofrequency and microwave radiation which drives a two-photon transition between the two states. The nearly identical magnetic moments afford a high degree of spatial overlap, permitting a variety of new experiments. We discuss some of the conditions under which the magnetic moments are identical, with particular emphasis placed on the requirements for a time-averaged orbiting potential (TOP) magnetic trap.

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