Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 737–741 (1998)Probing a Singular Potential with Cold Atoms: A Neutral Atom and a Charged Wire
See accompanying Physics Focus By charging a thin wire we realize a pure attractive 1/r2 potential of variable strength for cold neutral atoms. Scattering experiments are performed where the charged wire is placed inside a confined gas of cold lithium atoms. We observe the “falling” of atoms into the 1/r2 singularity which so far has been only theoretically discussed in textbooks. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.737
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.737
PACS:
03.75.Be, 03.65.Nk
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