Magnetically Controlled Exchange Process in an Ultracold Atom-Dimer Mixture

Details Magnetically Controlled Exchange Process in an Ultracold Atom-Dimer Mixture Magnetically Controlled Exchange Process in an Ultracold Atom-Dimer Mixture

2009-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/0911.1999v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 053201 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.053201

We report on the observation of an elementary exchange process in an optically trapped ultracold sample of atoms and Feshbach molecules. We can magnetically control the energetic nature of the process and tune it from endoergic to exoergic, enabling the observation of a pronounced threshold behavior. In contrast to relaxation to more deeply bound molecular states, the exchange process does not lead to trap loss. We find excellent agreement between our experimental observations and calculations based on the solutions of three-body Schr\"odinger equation in the adiabatic hyperspherical representation. The high efficiency of the exchange process is explained by the halo character of both the initial and final molecular states.

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