Superchemistry: Dynamics of Coupled Atomic and Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensates
Superchemistry: Dynamics of Coupled Atomic and Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensates
We analyze the dynamics of a dilute, trapped Bose-condensed atomic gas coupled to a diatomic molecular Bose gas by coherent Raman transitions. This system is shown to result in a new type of ``superchemistry,'' in which giant collective oscillations between the atomic and the molecular gas can occur. The phenomenon …