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Original language | English |
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Article number | 143201 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 14 |
Publication status | Published - 8 Apr 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Using a Feshbach resonance, we create ultracold fermionic molecules starting from a Bose-Fermi atom gas mixture. The resulting mixture of atoms and weakly bound molecules provides a rich system for studying few-body collisions because of the variety of atomic collision partners for molecules; either bosonic, fermionic, or distinguishable atoms. Inelastic loss of the molecules near the Feshbach resonance is dramatically affected by the quantum statistics of the colliding particles and the scattering length. In particular, we observe a molecule lifetime as long as 100 ms near the Feshbach resonance.
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In: Physical review letters, Vol. 100, No. 14, 143201, 08.04.2008.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Collisional Stability of Fermionic Feshbach Molecules
AU - Zirbel, J. J.
AU - Ni, K. K.
AU - Ospelkaus, S.
AU - D'Incao, J. P.
AU - Wieman, C. E.
AU - Ye, J.
AU - Jin, D. S.
PY - 2008/4/8
Y1 - 2008/4/8
N2 - Using a Feshbach resonance, we create ultracold fermionic molecules starting from a Bose-Fermi atom gas mixture. The resulting mixture of atoms and weakly bound molecules provides a rich system for studying few-body collisions because of the variety of atomic collision partners for molecules; either bosonic, fermionic, or distinguishable atoms. Inelastic loss of the molecules near the Feshbach resonance is dramatically affected by the quantum statistics of the colliding particles and the scattering length. In particular, we observe a molecule lifetime as long as 100 ms near the Feshbach resonance.
AB - Using a Feshbach resonance, we create ultracold fermionic molecules starting from a Bose-Fermi atom gas mixture. The resulting mixture of atoms and weakly bound molecules provides a rich system for studying few-body collisions because of the variety of atomic collision partners for molecules; either bosonic, fermionic, or distinguishable atoms. Inelastic loss of the molecules near the Feshbach resonance is dramatically affected by the quantum statistics of the colliding particles and the scattering length. In particular, we observe a molecule lifetime as long as 100 ms near the Feshbach resonance.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.143201
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.143201
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AN - SCOPUS:41949135762
VL - 100
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 14
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