title: Bose-Einstein condensates with 1/r interatomic attraction: electromagnetically induced "gravity".
abstract: We show that particular configurations of intense off-resonant laser beams can give rise to an attractive 1/r interatomic potential between atoms located well within the laser wavelength. Such a "gravitational-like" interaction is shown to give stable Bose-Einstein condensates that are self-bound (without an additional trap) with unique scaling properties and measurably distinct signatures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Dell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giovanazzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kurizki
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Akulin