2007/05/31 by Bernd Hezel, Igor Lesanovsky, Peter Schmelcher · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.76.053417
published as Phys. Rev. A 76, 053417 (2007) · 30 pages, 10 figures, added references, substantiation of approximations
arxiv created 2007/08/20 · openalex publication_date 2007/11/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We discuss the properties of ultracold Rydberg atoms in a Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic field configuration. The derived two-body Hamiltonian unveils how the large size of Rydberg atoms affects their coupling to the inhomogeneous magnetic field. The properties of the compound electronic and center of mass quantum states are thoroughly analyzed. We find very tight confinement of the center of mass motion in two dimensions to be achievable while barely changing the electronic structure compared to the field free case. This paves the way for generating a one-dimensional ultracold Rydberg gas.