title: Rate limit for photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
abstract: We simulate numerically the photodissociation of molecules into noncondensate atom pairs that accompanies photoassociation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate into a molecular condensate. Such rogue photodissociation sets a limit on the achievable rate of photoassociation. Given the atom density rho and mass m, the limit is approximately 6(planck)rho(2/3)/m.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3046, USA.
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Javanainen
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mackie