Spin exchange and dipolar relaxation rates in atomic hydrogen: Lifetimes in magnetic traps

Ad Lagendijk; Isaac F. Silvera; Boudewijn J. Verhaar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.33.626

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Spin exchange and dipolar relaxation rates in atomic hydrogen: Lifetimes in magnetic traps

Ad Lagendijk, Isaac F. Silvera, and Boudewijn J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. B 33, 626(R) – Published 1 January 1986

Abstract

We have rigorously calculated all the possible two-body rate constants associated with population dynamics of the hyperfine levels of atomic hydrogen as a function of magnetic field at T=0 K. These results are important in view of the recently suggested use of magnetic traps to obtain Bose-Einstein condensation.