Extended Data Fig. 1: Density decay for two limiting cases.
From: Collisions between cold molecules in a superconducting magnetic trap
The blue curve represents the density distribution shortly after loading, with all particles with bound trajectories remaining. For the case of only inelastic collisions (γ = 0), the density distribution after 10% of the particles have been lost exhibits an almost uniform decay (green). By contrast, the corresponding distribution for only elastic collisions (γ → ∞) displays an increase in density near the trap centre. The trap radius is 4 mm.
