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Figure 4.26: Radius <strong>of</strong> the atomic cloud in the magnetic trap as a function<br />

<strong>of</strong> temperature. We find that a linear fit <strong>of</strong> the measured radii in this regime<br />

yields σB = (25.8 + 5.5TB µK −1 )µm.<br />

dynamics <strong>of</strong> the cooling process. Only a small fraction <strong>of</strong> those atoms, repre-<br />

sented by Eq. 4.6, will become trapped in the optical trough. In reality, atoms<br />

in the magnetic trap weakly interact through collisions. <strong>The</strong> average single<br />

particle collision rate in the magnetic trap is given by<br />

Γ = N −1<br />

<br />

<br />

n(r) 2 σs〈vr〉 dr, (4.7)<br />

where N is the total number <strong>of</strong> trapped atoms, n(r) is the atom number den-<br />

sity, σs is the s-wave scattering cross section, and 〈vr〉 = 16kBT/πm is the<br />

mean relative speed in a three-dimensional Boltzmann distribution. <strong>The</strong> inset<br />

in Fig. 4.27 shows the calculated average single particle collision rate in the<br />

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