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Atom-molecule theory of broad Feshbach resonances

Statistical Mechanics 2014-10-13 v1

Abstract

We derive the atom-molecule theory for an atomic gas near a broad Feshbach resonance, where the energy dependence of the atom-molecule coupling becomes crucial for understanding experimental results. We show how our many-body theory incorporates the two-atom physics exactly. In particular, we calculate the magnetic moment of a two-component gas of ^{6}Li atoms for a wide range of magnetic fields near the broad Feshbach resonance at about 834 Gauss. We find excellent agreement with the experiment of Jochim et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 240402 (2003)].

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0409621,
  title  = {Atom-molecule theory of broad Feshbach resonances},
  author = {G. M. Falco and H. T. C. Stoof},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0409621},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures