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A tunable one-dimensional cesium gas enters an excited attractive regime

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Ultracold atomic gases · Source-reported experimental result or reusable measurement method

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Haller and colleagues used confined cesium atoms to move a one-dimensional gas from strong repulsion into an attractive regime. Collective oscillations and loss measurements supported a metastable, highly excited gas state rather than immediate collapse into the clustered ground state.

Scientific scope

Haller and colleagues used confined cesium atoms to move a one-dimensional gas from strong repulsion into an attractive regime. Collective oscillations and loss measurements supported a metastable, highly excited gas state rather than immediate collapse into the clustered ground state. The interpretation depends on the one-dimensional trapping and interaction model. Loss and heating depend on experimental conditions, and the measured collective-mode maximum was not perfectly reproduced by the compared theory. The 2009 journal result and the later 2010 author preprint are the same experiment.

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The linked original works support the scoped statement and contribution attribution. WRS has not independently replayed experiments or reconstructed a full mathematical proof. The interpretation depends on the one-dimensional trapping and interaction model. Loss and heating depend on experimental conditions, and the measured collective-mode maximum was not perfectly reproduced by the compared theory. The 2009 journal result and the later 2010 author preprint are the same experiment.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-28.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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