Multichannel cold collisions between metastable Sr atoms

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2003-02-26

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302094v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 pages, Latex, Submitted

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.253201

We present a multichannel scattering calculation of elastic and inelastic cold collisions between two low-field seeking, metastable ^{88}Sr [(5s5p) ^3P_2] atoms in the presence of an external magnetic field. The scattering physics is governed by strong anisotropic long-range interactions, which lead to pronounced coupling among the partial waves of relative motion. As a result, nonadiabatic transitions are shown to trigger a high rate of inelastic losses. At relatively high energies, T > 100 mkK, the total inelastic collision rate is comparable with the elastic rate. However, at lower collisional energy, the elastic rate decreases, and at T ~ 1mkK, it becomes substantially smaller than the inelastic rate. Our study suggests that magnetic trapping and evaporative cooling of ^{88}Sr [(5s5p) ^3P_2] atoms, as well as ^{40}Ca [(4s4p) ^3P_2], in low-field seeking states will prove difficult to achieve experimentally.

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