Line Plot from Scientific Research

Decay rate of atoms kicked by square pulses with a pulse duration of tau = 1 microsecond and a kick strength of Lambda = 0.018 for t hold = 2 s as a function of kick period T P. The solid curve is the result of a numerical calculation (Supplementary Information section IV A). Arrows indicate the dominant transitions from the ground band |n=0> to excited bands |n=1,2,...> (see also Extended Data Fig. 2). Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals from an exponential fit to 20 measurements.

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