Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2008-11-26
Physics
Atomic Physics
8 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.79.032706
We analyse a narrow Feshbach resonance with ultra-cold chromium atoms colliding in d-wave. The resonance is made possible by dipole-dipole interactions, which couple an incoming $l=2$ collision channel with a bound molecular state with $l=0$. We find that three-body losses associated to this resonance increase with temperature, and that the loss feature width as a function of magnetic field also increases linearly with temperature. The analysis of our experimental data shows that the Feshbach coupling is small compared both to the temperature and to the density limited lifetime of the resonant bound molecular state. One consequence is that the three body losse rate is proportionnal to the square of the number of atoms, and that we can directly relate the amplitude of the losses to the Feshbach coupling parameter. We compare our measurement to a calculation of the coupling between the collisionnal channel and the molecular bound state by dipole-dipole interactions, and find a good agreement, with no adjustable parameter. An analysis of the loss lineshape is also performed, which enables to precisely measure the position of the resonance.
Beaufils Quentin
Crubellier Anne
Gorceix Olivier
Laburthe-Tolra Bruno
Marechal Etienne
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