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Analyzing a Bose polaron across resonant interactions
Recently, two independent experiments reported the observation of long-lived
polarons in a Bose-Einstein condensate, providing an excellent setting to study
the generic scenario of a mobile impurity interacting with a quantum reservoir.
Here, we expand the experimental analysis by disentangling the effects of trap
inhomogeneities and the many-body continuum in one of these experiments. This
makes it possible to extract the energy of the polaron at a well-defined
density as a function of the interaction strength. Comparisons with quantum
Monte-Carlo as well as diagrammatic calculations show good agreement, and
provide a more detailed picture of the polaron properties at stronger
interactions than previously possible. Moreover, we develop a semi-classical
theory for the motional dynamics and three-body loss of the polarons, which
partly explains a previously unresolved discrepancy between theory and
experimental observations for repulsive interactions. Finally, we utilize
quantum Monte-Carlo calculations to demonstrate that the findings reported in
the two experiments are consistent with each other
KRb Feshbach Resonances: Modeling the interatomic potential
We have observed 28 heteronuclear Feshbach resonances in 10 spin combinations
of the hyperfine ground states of a 40K 87Rb mixture. The measurements were
performed by observing the loss rates from an atomic mixture at magnetic fields
between 0 and 700 G. This data was used to significantly refine an interatomic
potential derived from molecular spectroscopy, yielding a highly consistent
model of the KRb interaction. Thus, the measured resonances can be assigned to
the corresponding molecular states. In addition, this potential allows for an
accurate calculation of the energy differences between highly excited levels
and the rovibrational ground level. This information is of particular relevance
for the formation of deeply bound heteronuclear molecules. Finally, the model
is used to predict Feshbach resonances in mixtures of 87Rb combined with 39K or
41K.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Second Order Correlation Function of a Phase Fluctuating Bose-Einstein Condensate
The coherence properties of phase fluctuating Bose-Einstein condensates are
studied both theoretically and experimentally. We derive a general expression
for the N-particle correlation function of a condensed Bose gas in a highly
elongated trapping potential. The second order correlation function is analyzed
in detail and an interferometric method to directly measure it is discussed and
experimentally implemented. Using a Bragg diffraction interferometer, we
measure intensity correlations in the interference pattern generated by two
spatially displaced copies of a parent condensate. Our experiment demonstrates
how to characterize the second order correlation function of a highly elongated
condensate and to measure its phase coherence length.Comment: 22 pages, 5 figure
Radio frequency association of heteronuclear Feshbach molecules
We present a detailed analysis of the production efficiency of weakly bound
heteronuclear KRb-Feshbach molecules using radio frequency association in a
harmonic trap. The efficiency was measured in a wide range of temperatures,
binding energies and radio frequencies. A comprehensive analytical model is
presented, explaining the observed asymmetric spectra and achieving good
quantitative agreement with the measured production rates. This model provides
a deep understanding of the molecule association process and paves the way for
future experiments which rely on Feshbach molecules e.g. for the production of
deeply bound molecules.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Dynamics of Bloch Oscillations in Disordered Lattice Potentials
We present a detailed analysis of the dynamics of Bloch oscillations of
Bose-Einstein condensates in disordered lattice potentials. Due to the disorder
and the interparticle interactions these oscillations undergo a dephasing,
reflected in a damping of the center of mass oscillations, which should be
observable under realistic experimental conditions. The interplay between
interactions and disorder is far from trivial, ranging from an
interaction-enhanced damping due to modulational instability for strong
interactions, to an interaction-reduced damping due to a dynamical screening of
the disorder potential
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