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Direct Observation of Sub-Poissonian Number Statistics in a Degenerate Bose Gas

C. -S. Chuu, F. Schreck, T. P. Meyrath, J. L. Hanssen, G. N. Price, M. G. Raizen

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0508143

Abstract

We report the direct observation of sub-Poissonian number fluctuation for a degenerate Bose gas confined in an optical trap. Reduction of number fluctuations below the Poissonian limit is observed for average numbers that range from 300 to 60 atoms.

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