| Literature DB >> 20867747 |
B J DeSalvo1, M Yan, P G Mickelson, Y N Martinez de Escobar, T C Killian.
Abstract
We report quantum degeneracy in a gas of ultracold fermionic (87)Sr atoms. By evaporatively cooling a mixture of spin states in an optical dipole trap for 10.5 s, we obtain samples well into the degenerate regime with T/T(F)=0.26(-0.06)(+0.05). The main signature of degeneracy is a change in the momentum distribution as measured by time-of-flight imaging, and we also observe a decrease in evaporation efficiency below T/T(F) ∼0.5.Entities:
Year: 2010 PMID: 20867747 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.030402
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161