Abstract
This paper presents quantitative calculations of collisional loss rates for pure or atoms in a binary mixture of hyperfine states . We find that the recent observation of a dual Bose condensate consisting of and atoms is unique and will not occur in Na. We attribute this to the unexpectedly small inelastic spin-exchange rate associated with s-wave hyperfine collisions. This fortuitous result arises from nearly equal scattering lengths for two colliding atoms in their or states.
- Received 13 November 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1880
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