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Bose Condensates with 1/r Interatomic Attraction: Electromagnetically Induced ``Gravity''

D. O'Dell, S. Giovanazzi, G. Kurizki, V. M. Akulin

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9912097

Abstract

We show that particular configurations of intense off-resonant laser beams can give rise to an attractive 1/r interatomic potential between atoms located well within the laser wavelength. Such a ``gravitational-like'' interaction is shown to give stable Bose condensates that are self-bound (without an additional trap) with unique scaling properties and measurably distinct signatures.

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