Bose-Einstein condensation of $^{86}$Sr

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Abstract

We demonstrate a Bose-Einstein condensate of the alkaline-earth atom $^{86}$Sr. We use a magneto-optical trap to load atoms into a pancake-shaped optical dipole trap. The large volume of the dipole trap allows forced evaporation to proceed despite the large scattering length ($\sim$ 800 a$_{0}$) of $^{86}$Sr. Optical Feshbach resonances will allow us to tune the scattering length during future experiments.

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Authors

  • D.S. Barker

    • JQI, University of Maryland and NIST, College Park, MD 20742

  • B.J. Reschovsky

    • JQI, University of Maryland and NIST, College Park, MD 20742

  • N.C. Pisenti

    • JQI, University of Maryland and NIST, College Park, MD 20742

  • G.K. Campbell

    • JQI, University of Maryland and NIST, College Park, MD 20742