title: Bose-Einstein condensation of 84Sr.
abstract: We report Bose-Einstein condensation of (84)Sr in an optical dipole trap. Efficient laser cooling on the narrow intercombination line and an ideal s-wave scattering length allow the creation of large condensates (N(0) approximately 3 x 10(5)) even though the natural abundance of this isotope is only 0.6%. Condensation is heralded by the emergence of a low-velocity component in time-of-flight images.
authors.affiliation: Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, Texas 77251, USA.
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Martinez de Escobar
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Mickelson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: DeSalvo
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Killian