{"paper":{"title":"Coherent magnon optics in a ferromagnetic spinor Bose-Einstein condensate","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.atom-ph","quant-ph"],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.quant-gas","authors_text":"Andrew MacRae, Dan M. Stamper-Kurn, Fang Fang, G. Edward Marti, Ryan Olf, Sean Lourette","submitted_at":"2014-04-22T20:00:40Z","abstract_excerpt":"We measure the mass, gap, and magnetic moment of a magnon in the ferromagnetic $F=1$ spinor Bose-Einstein condensate of $^{87}$Rb. We find an unusually heavy magnon mass of $1.038(2)_\\mathrm{stat}(8)_\\mathrm{sys}$ times the atomic mass, as determined by interfering standing and running coherent magnon waves within the dense and trapped condensed gas. This measurement is shifted significantly from theoretical estimates. The magnon energy gap of $h\\times 2.5(1)_\\mathrm{stat}(2)_\\mathrm{sys}\\;\\mathrm{Hz}$ and the effective magnetic moment of $-1.04(2)_\\mathrm{stat}(8)\\,\\mu_\\textrm{bare}$ times th"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1404.5631","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}