Abstract
We produced a slow atomic beam of rubidium with a low-velocity intense source (LVIS) and loaded a magneto-optical trap (MOT) in a connected chamber with the beam. The hole for the atomic beam allowed us to keep the MOT chamber at a much lower pressure than that of the LVIS. The LVIS produced an atomic beam with a continuous flux of and an average velocity of only The MOT captured the atoms with efficiency, which was limited by the atomic-beam divergence. The MOT held atoms with a typical trap-confinement time of 8 s.
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