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

被引:14
作者
KATORI, H [1 ]
KUNUGITA, H [1 ]
IDO, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT APPL PHYS, BUNKYO KU, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 06期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.52.R4324
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
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.
引用
收藏
页码:R4324 / R4327
页数:4
相关论文
共 31 条
[11]  
HEINZEN DJ, 1995, AIP CONF PROC, P369
[12]   DIRECT DEMONSTRATION OF SPIN-ANGULAR-MOMENTUM CONSERVATION IN REACTION HE(23S1)+HE(23S1)-]HE(11SO)+HE++E- [J].
HILL, JC ;
HATFIELD, LL ;
WALTERS, GK ;
STOCKWELL, ND .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A-GENERAL PHYSICS, 1972, 5 (01) :189-+
[13]   OBSERVATION OF NUCLEAR-SPIN WAVES IN SPIN-POLARIZED ATOMIC-HYDROGEN GAS [J].
JOHNSON, BR ;
DENKER, JS ;
BIGELOW, N ;
LEVY, LP ;
FREED, JH ;
LEE, DM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1984, 52 (17) :1508-1511
[14]   COLLISIONS OF ULTRACOLD TRAPPED ATOMS [J].
JULIENNE, PS ;
MIES, FH .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1989, 6 (11) :2257-2269
[15]  
JULIENNE PS, 1992, ADV ATOMIC MOL OPTIC, V30
[16]   LASER-INDUCED IONIZING COLLISIONS OF ULTRACOLD KRYPTON GAS IN THE 1(S5) METASTABLE STATE [J].
KATORI, H ;
SHIMIZU, F .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1994, 73 (19) :2555-2558
[17]   LIFETIME MEASUREMENT OF THE 1S(5) METASTABLE STATE OF ARGON AND KRYPTON WITH A MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP [J].
KATORI, H ;
SHIMIZU, F .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, 70 (23) :3545-3548
[18]   BOSON CHARACTER OF SPIN-POLARIZED ATOMIC HYDROGEN DEMONSTRATED IN MAGNETIC RELAXATION. [J].
Lagendijk, Ad ;
van Yperen, G.H. ;
Walraven, J.T.M. .
1984, (45)
[19]   EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF SPIN-POLARIZED ATOMIC-HYDROGEN [J].
MASUHARA, N ;
DOYLE, JM ;
SANDBERG, JC ;
KLEPPNER, D ;
GREYTAK, TJ ;
HESS, HF ;
KOCHANSKI, GP .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 61 (08) :935-938
[20]   COLD COLLISIONS OF GROUND-STATE HE-4 - GIANT S-WAVE SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS [J].
MESTER, JC ;
MEYER, ES ;
REYNOLDS, MW ;
HUBER, TE ;
ZHAO, Z ;
FREEDMAN, B ;
KIM, J ;
SILVERA, IF .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, 71 (09) :1343-1346