Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1998-05-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
11 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
Recently, effects of Feshbach resonances in atom-atom interactions were observed by varying the external magnetic field of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). We point out that the quasi-bound molecules created in the intermediate state of the resonance can form a second, molecular condensate. The many-body state of the system is then a hybrid atomic/molecular condensate with inter-condensate tunneling of atom pairs. A sudden variation of the magnetic field results in oscillations of the number of atoms and molecules in their respective condensates, providing a signature of this novel type of quantum tunneling.
Cote` Robin
Hussein Mahir
Kerman Arthur
Timmermans Eddy
Tommasini Paolo
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