Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5687–5690 (2000)Bose-Einstein Condensates with 1/r Interatomic Attraction: Electromagnetically Induced “Gravity”Received 7 December 1999; published in the issue dated 19 June 2000 We show that particular configurations of intense off-resonant laser beams can give rise to an attractive 1/r interatomic potential between atoms located well within the laser wavelength. Such a “gravitational-like” interaction is shown to give stable Bose-Einstein condensates that are self-bound (without an additional trap) with unique scaling properties and measurably distinct signatures. © 2000 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5687
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5687
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 04.40.-b, 34.20.Cf, 34.80.Qb
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