NEGATIVE SCATTERING LENGTH OF ULTRACOLD LI-7 GAS

被引:87
作者
MOERDIJK, AJ
STWALLEY, WC
HULET, RG
VERHAAR, BJ
机构
[1] UNIV CONNECTICUT,STORRS,CT 06269
[2] RICE UNIV,HOUSTON,TX 77251
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.40
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have improved the theoretical triplet ground-state potential of Li-7(2) by means of an inverse perturbation analysis, and find that the diatomic scattering length for Li-7 atoms in the F = 2, m(F) = 2 ground-state hyperfine level is negative. The consequences of this result for achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in a trapped ultracold Li-7 gas sample are addressed.
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