Date of Award
Spring 1-1-2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
First Advisor
Eric A. Cornell
Second Advisor
Jun Ye
Third Advisor
John Bohn
Fourth Advisor
Jose P. D'Incao
Fifth Advisor
Carl Lineberger
Abstract
The progression from two- through few- to many-body physics is an open and interesting question. Experiments that can test these theories must walk the fine line between cultivating a rich many-body system, yet preventing the interactions from completely destroying the system before study. This thesis explores the two- and few-body interactions present in a resonantly interacting degenerate Bose gas. We explore these interactions as a function of the density of the initial Bose-Einstein condensate. We use loss rates to characterize the interactions and find that a significant portion of the perceived atomic loss is from sweeping the atoms into loosely bound molecules.The decay dynamics identify a molecule mixture of both Feshbach dimers and Efimov trimers
Recommended Citation
Klauss, Catherine Ellen, "Resonantly Interacting Degenerate Bose Gas Oddities" (2017). Physics Graduate Theses & Dissertations. 208.
https://scholar.colorado.edu/phys_gradetds/208