Collective excitations
M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten, D.M. Kurn, D.S. Durfee, C.G. Townsend, and W. Ketterle:
Collective excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a magnetic trap.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 988-991 (1996).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 102 kB) Animation (146 kB)

Dispersive imaging
M.R. Andrews, M.-O. Mewes, N.J. van Druten, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Direct, non-destructive imaging of a Bose condensate.
Science 273, 84-87 (1996).
Summary (pdf) Preprint (no figures, pdf, 88kB) Figures

BEC in DC magnetic trap
M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten, D.M. Kurn, D.S. Durfee, and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in a tightly confining dc magnetic trap.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 416-419 (1996).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 129 kB) Animation 1 (772 kB) Animation 2 (374 kB)
The cloverleaf trap Ballistic expansion

1D BEC theory
W. Ketterle and N.J. van Druten:
Bose-Einstein condensation of a finite number of particles trapped in one or three dimensions.
Phys. Rev. A 54, 656-660 (1996).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 96 kB)

Further publications
Comprehensive review paper on evaporative cooling
W. Ketterle and N.J. van Druten:
Evaporative cooling of atoms.
Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, edited by B. Bederson and
H. Walther, Vol. 37, 181-236 (1996).
Paper (pdf, 5.6 MB)