Dipolar decay in two recent Bose-Einstein condensation experiments

Abstract

In view of two recent Bose-Einstein condensation experiments, we have calculated the magnetic-dipolar decay-rate constants of the atomic density for the doubly polarized state in $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ and $^{85}\mathrm{Rb}$, and for the highest state of the lower hyperfine manifold in $^{23}\mathrm{Na}$.