Published April 8, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

How to Observe Dipolar Effects in Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates

  • 1. Wydzial Fizyki, Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku, ul. Lipowa 41, 15-424 Bialystok (Poland)
  • 2. MUARC, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT (United Kingdom)

Description

We propose an experiment which proves the possibility of spinning gaseous media via dipolar interactions in the spirit of the famous Einstein-de Haas effect for ferromagnets. The main idea is to utilize resonances that we find in spinor condensates of alkali atoms while these systems are placed in an oscillating magnetic field. A significant transfer of angular momentum from spin to motional degrees of freedom observed on resonance is a spectacular manifestation of dipolar effects in spinor condensates.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
106
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 140403-140403.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
Syrian Arab Republic
INIS RN
43028377
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CONDENSATES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RESONANCE; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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