Spinor condensates
J. Stenger, S. Inouye, D.M. Stamper-Kurn, H.-J. Miesner, A.P. Chikkatur, and W. Ketterle:
Spin domains in ground state spinor Bose-Einstein condensates.
Nature 396, 345-348 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 271 kB)

Reversible BEC
D.M. Stamper-Kurn, H.-J. Miesner, A.P. Chikkatur, S. Inouye, J. Stenger, and W. Ketterle:
Reversible formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2194-2197 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 153 kB) Animation (2.73 MB)

Feshbach resonances
S. Inouye, M.R. Andrews, J. Stenger, H.-J. Miesner, D.M. Stamper-Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Feshbach resonances in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Nature 392, 151-154 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 300 kB)

Finite temperature collective excitations
D.M. Stamper-Kurn, H.-J. Miesner, S. Inouye, M.R. Andrews, and W. Ketterle:
Collisionless and hydrodynamic excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 500-503 (1998).
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BEC formation
H.-J. Miesner, D.M. Stamper-Kurn, M.R. Andrews, D.S. Durfee, S. Inouye, and W. Ketterle:
Bosonic stimulation in the formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Science 279, 1005-1007 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 314 kB) Figure

Optical trap for a condensate
D.M. Stamper-Kurn, M.R. Andrews, A.P. Chikkatur, S. Inouye, H.-J. Miesner, J. Stenger, and W. Ketterle:
Optical confinement of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2027-2030 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 713 kB)

Semi-ideal model
M. Naraschewski and D.M. Stamper-Kurn:
Analytical description of a trapped semi-ideal Bose gas at finite temperature.
Phys. Rev. A 58, 2423 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 103 kB)

Further publications
Short review of the state of the field
H.-J. Miesner and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute atomic gases.
Proceedings of the Symposium on "The Advancing Frontiers of Condensed Matter Science", Philadelphia, Oct. 13-14, 1997. Solid State Comm. 107, 629-637 (1998).
Preprint (pdf, 237 kB)

Illustrated introduction and early experiments
D.S. Durfee and W. Ketterle:
Experimental studies of Bose-Einstein condensation.
Optics Express 2, 299-313 (1998).
Paper (pdf, 1023 kB)