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In a joint experimental, theoretical effort, we report on the formation of a macrodroplet state in an ultracold bosonic gas of erbium atoms with strong dipolar interactions. By precise tuning of the s-wave scattering length below the so-called dipolar length, we observe a smooth crossover of the ground state from a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate to a dense macrodroplet state of more than 2 × 104 atoms. Based on the study of collective excitations, loss features, we prove that quantum fluctuations stabilize the ultracold gas far beyond the instability threshold imposed by mean-field interactions. Finally, we perform expansion measurements, showing that although self-bound solutions are prevented by losses, the interplay between quantum stabilization, losses results in a minimal time-of-flight expansion velocity at a finite scattering length.
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License of this version: | CC BY 3.0 Unported - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
Publication type: | Article |
Publishing status: | publishedVersion |
Publication date: | 2016 |
Keywords english: | Ground state, Quantum chemistry, Quantum electronics, Quantum theory, Shear waves, Statistical mechanics, Bose-Einstein condensates, Collective excitations, Dipolar interaction, Expansion velocity, Mean-field interactions, Quantum fluctuation, S-wave scattering lengths, Scattering length, Bose-Einstein condensation |
DDC: | 530 | Physik |
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