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Bose polarons in a homogeneous 3D Bose-Einstein condensate

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Abstract

We study Bose polarons in a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate, from weak to strong impurity-boson interactions. Our uniform 39K condensate is produced in an optical-box trap, the polarons are formed using rf-injection between spin states, and the impurity-boson interactions are tuned via an interstate magnetic Feshbach resonance. We measure the polaron energy and spectral response across the resonance, observing reduced inhomogeneous broadening compared to previous harmonic-trap experiments. We also explore the effects of condensate density and impurity concentration.

Presenters

  • Christoph Eigen

    University of Cambridge

Authors

  • Jiri Etrych

    University of Cambridge

  • Alec J Cao

    Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Gevorg Martirosyan

    University of Cambridge

  • Lena Dogra

    University of Cambridge

  • Zoran Hadzibabic

    Univ of Cambridge

  • Christoph Eigen

    University of Cambridge