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Session KP01 - Poster Session III.
POSTER session, Tuesday afternoon, March 23
Exhibit Hall, GWCC

[KP01.18] Initiation of Bose condensation of atoms confined in magnetic traps

W. Geist, T. A. B. Kennedy, L. You (School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430)

We present a model for the physics of the initiation of Bose-Einstein condensation of atoms confined in magnetic traps. We model the dynamics of the condensation process by a quantum mechanical master equation for the lowest energy modes, coupled to a quantum Boltzman type equation for the higher energy modes. The model and numerical results will be discussed.

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