Bose-Einstein condensation ofSr86

Simon Stellmer, Meng Khoon Tey, Rudolf Grimm, Florian Schreck
2010 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  
We report on the attainment of Bose-Einstein condensation of 86Sr. This isotope has a scattering length of about +800 a0 and thus suffers from fast three-body losses. To avoid detrimental atom loss, evaporative cooling is performed at low densities around 3x10^12 cm^-3 in a large volume optical dipole trap. We obtain almost pure condensates of 5x10^3 atoms.
doi:10.1103/physreva.82.041602 fatcat:7dwxmn4ezjdrrc7nzk7jgtilvi