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C Ates et al 2006 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39 L233 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/39/11/L02

Strong interaction effects on the atom counting statistics of ultracold Rydberg gases

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C Ates1, T Pohl2, T Pattard1 and J M Rost1

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Based on simple rate equations for the Rydberg excitation process, we are able to model microscopically the dynamics of Rydberg excitation in ensembles of a large number of ultracold atoms, which is beyond the capabilities of fully ab initio approaches. Our results for the distribution of Rydberg atom numbers are in good agreement with recent experimental data, confirming the quenching of the distribution caused by Rydberg–Rydberg interactions.


PACS

37.10.De Atom cooling methods

32.80.Rm Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states

31.15.A- Ab initio calculations

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Atomic and molecular physics

Computational physics

Dates

Issue 11 (14 June 2006)

Received 24 March 2006, in final form 27 March 2006

Published 2 May 2006



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