Feshbach resonances in ultracold atom-diatom scattering

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作者
Forrey, RC [1 ]
Balakrishnan, N [1 ]
Kharchenko, V [1 ]
Dalgarno, A [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Inst Theoret Atom & Mol Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1998年 / 58卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R2645
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Quantum-mechanical scattering calculations of Feshbach resonances arising from van der Waals molecule formation are used to determine vibrational and rotational predissociation lifetimes. A multichannel effective range theory is used to establish the relationship between predissociation and the zero-temperature limit of collisional quenching for resonances lying close to the thresholds for dissociation. The elastic scattering Feshbach resonances may be measurable in ultracold atom-molecule experiments. [S1050-2947(98)51510-7].
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页码:R2645 / R2647
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