BEC of sodium
K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of sodium atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 3969-3973 (1995).
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Three peaks gallery The optically plugged trap

Evaporative cooling
K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M.A. Joffe, M.R. Andrews, and W. Ketterle:
Evaporative cooling of sodium atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 5202 (1995); Erratum: Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2909 (1995).
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Model of evaporative cooling
K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, and W. Ketterle:
An analytical model for evaporative cooling of atoms.
Appl. Phys. B 60, 155-159 (1995).
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