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Characterization of Feshbach resonances in $^6\mathrm{Li}{-}^7\mathrm{Li}$ using improved interaction potentials

Atomic Physics 2026-03-04 v1 Quantum Gases

Abstract

We characterize Feshbach resonances in all isotopologues of the LiLi\mathrm{Li}{-}\mathrm{Li} system with improved interaction potentials. Starting from spectroscopically accurate Morse/long-range (MLR) potential-energy curves for the singlet (X1Σ+X^{1}\Sigma^{+}) and triplet (a3Σ+a^{3}\Sigma^{+}) electronic states of Li2\mathrm{Li}_2, we apply small phenomenological inner-wall adjustments (following Julienne and Hutson, Phys. Rev. A 89, 052715 (2014), arXiv:1404.2623v3) and fit the resulting potentials to threshold measurements for the 6Li6Li^{6}\mathrm{Li}{-}^{6}\mathrm{Li} and 7Li7Li^{7}\mathrm{Li}{-}^{7}\mathrm{Li} isotopologues, including binding energies, scattering lengths, and Feshbach resonance positions. Using the optimized potentials in coupled-channels scattering calculations, we predict and characterize s-wave Feshbach resonances in the 6Li7Li^{6}\mathrm{Li}{-}^{7}\mathrm{Li} isotopologue. In its lowest-energy hyperfine channel, all resonances are narrow (0.010.1\sim 0.01{-}0.1 G), strongly closed-channel dominated, and predominantly triplet in electronic spin character, in marked contrast to the homonuclear systems. These results provide a foundation for designing Raman optical-transfer pathways to produce ultracold Li2\mathrm{Li}_2 molecules in deeply bound rovibrational levels of both the X1Σ+X^1\Sigma^{+} and a3Σ+a^3\Sigma^{+} potentials across all three isotopologues.

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@article{arxiv.2603.02361,
  title  = {Characterization of Feshbach resonances in $^6\mathrm{Li}{-}^7\mathrm{Li}$ using improved interaction potentials},
  author = {Jing-Chen Zhang and Paul Julienne and Yu Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02361},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12+2 pages, 6 figures

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