Photon bubble turbulence in cold atom gases

R. Giampaoli; João D. Rodrigues; José-António Rodrigues; J. T. Mendonça

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23493-2

Nature Communications (May 2021)

Photon bubble turbulence in cold atom gases

R. Giampaoli,
João D. Rodrigues,
José-António Rodrigues,
J. T. Mendonça

Affiliations

R. Giampaoli: Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
João D. Rodrigues: Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
José-António Rodrigues: Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
J. T. Mendonça: Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23493-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Photon bubble turbulence is an astrophysical phenomenon involving radiation transport. Here, the authors report analogous behavior in ultracold gas by observing signatures of photon bubble instabilities in Rb atoms trapped in a MOT.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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