PHOTOABSORPTION BY ULTRACOLD ATOMS AND THE SCATTERING LENGTH

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作者
COTE, R
DALGARNO, A
SUN, Y
HULET, RG
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[1] RICE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, HOUSTON, TX 77251 USA
[2] RICE UNIV, RICE QUANTUM INST, HOUSTON, TX 77251 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3581
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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It is shown that photoabsorption in a gas of ultracold atoms depends on the sign and magnitude of the scattering length in the scattering of a pair of atoms. Measurements of fluorescence in 7Li are interpreted to show that the triplet scattering length is negative and the singlet scattering length is positive. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3581 / 3583
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