Observation of Weak Collapse in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
  We study the collapse of an attractive atomic Bose-Einstein condensate prepared in the uniform potential of an optical-box trap. We characterise the critical point for collapse and the collapse dynamics, observing universal behaviour in agreement with theoretical expectations. Most importantly, we observe a clear experimental signature of the counterintuitive weak collapse, namely that making the system more unstable can result in a smaller particle loss. We experimentally determine the scaling laws that govern the weak-collapse atom loss, providing a benchmark for the general theories of nonlinear wave phenomena. 
Christoph Eigen, Alexander L. Gaunt, Aziza Suleymanzade, Nir Navon,   Zoran Hadzibabic, and Robert P. Smith
cond-mat.quant-gas nlin.PS physics.optics physics.plasm-ph quant-ph