Fermi-Bose quantum degenerate ^40 K - ^87 Rb mixture with attractive interaction
arXiv:cond-mat/0205015 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.150403
Abstract
We report on the achievement of simultaneous quantum degeneracy in a mixed gas of fermionic ^40 K and bosonic ^87 Rb. Potassium is cooled to 0.3 times the Fermi temperature by means of an efficient thermalization with evaporatively cooled rubidium. Direct measurement of the collisional cross-section confirms a large interspecies attraction. This interaction is shown to affect the expansion of the Bose-Einstein condensate released form the magnetic trap, where it is immersed in the Fermi sea.
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