Phys. Rev. A 73, 032725 (2006) [5 pages]Many-body interactions in a sample of ultracold Rydberg atoms with varying dimensions and densitiesReceived 31 May 2005; published 27 March 2006 Ultracold highly excited atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) are strongly coupled by the dipole-dipole interaction. We have investigated the importance of many-body effects by controlling the dimensionality and density of the excited sample. We excited three different cylindrical volumes of atoms in the MOT to Rydberg states. At small radius, where the sample is nearly one-dimensional, many-body interactions are suppressed. At larger radii, the sample becomes three-dimensional and many-body effects are apparent. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.032725
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.73.032725
PACS:
34.60.+z, 32.80.Pj, 03.67.Lx, 32.80.Rm
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