Abstract
We show how the indistinguishable nature of the interaction of a collection of cold atoms with the electromagnetic field in an optical cavity leads to entanglement and a very fast radiative decay dynamics. This acceleration of spontaneous emission has important consequences in the process known as radiative escape, one of the most important sources of trap loss due to cold collisions. In this process, a pair of atoms excited at some internuclear separation R C picks up kinetic energy on the long range excited state potential. The spontaneous emission time is a crucial parameter in this dynamics for it will determine whether or not the pair gains enough kinetic energy to escape from the trap. Considering realistic experimental parameters we can predict a very large suppression of radiative escape trap loss in a sample of cold rubidium atoms.
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