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Originally posted by scooley01@Sep 12 2004, 08:45 PM
the BEC formed from the rubidium in 1995 would have (Even though it takes up less space) the same relative gravitational pull.
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A BEC does condense somewhat, but statements that it becomes one giant atom aren't completely accurate for every interpretation. The condensate does not shrink to the size of one atom. It is still distributed over almost the same size area as the pre-BEC material. So yes, it is a little more dense, but it is not super-dense like white-dwarf or neutron star material.
A lot of times when we try to explain something we use analogies that work for part of the explanation. Scientists do this too, but science writers are notorious for it. You can't rely on these analogies outside the bounds of the original context. I think you are in one of these traps with this idea.