Abstract
The implementation of a technique to measure total collision cross sections
using laser-cooled rubidium atoms along with the introduction of room-temperature
background gases, confined in both magnetooptic and magnetic traps, is proposed.
Atom loss from the trap and total collision cross section can be inferred from the
knowledge of the density of background gases. The measured cross sections from the
magneto-optic and magnetic traps are represented, compared, and found to be
significantly different. The measurements using this technique have a very small
error in the range of approximately 2%-7%.
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