QUANTUM-STATISTICAL EFFECT ON IONIZING COLLISIONS OF ULTRACOLD METASTABLE KR ISOTOPES

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作者
KATORI, H [1 ]
KUNUGITA, H [1 ]
IDO, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT APPL PHYS, BUNKYO KU, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.52.R4324
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Ultracold ionizing collisions of laser-cooled Kr isotopes in the 1s(5)[4p(5)5s:P-3(2)] metastable state are investigated. When the collision energy is reduced below the p-wave centrifugal barrier of 80 mu K, the ratio of the ionizing collision rate between polarized and unpolarized Kr-83 atoms is found to decrease. This is a direct evidence of the quantum interference of two identical Fermi particles. The experimental results are compared with the calculation based on the simplified inelastic collision theory.
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