Publication Date:
2013-09-11
Description:
Author(s): C. Carr, R. Ritter, C. G. Wade, C. S. Adams, and K. J. Weatherill We demonstrate a nonequilibrium phase transition in a dilute thermal atomic gas. The phase transition, between states of low and high Rydberg occupancy, is induced by resonant dipole-dipole interactions between Rydberg atoms. The gas can be considered as dilute as the atoms are separated by distance... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 113901] Published Tue Sep 10, 2013
Keywords:
Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics