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Resonantly Interacting Fermi-Fermi Mixture of $^{161}$Dy and $^{40}$K

Quantum Gases 2020-05-27 v3 Superconductivity Atomic Physics

Abstract

We report on the realization of a Fermi-Fermi mixture of ultracold atoms that combines mass imbalance, tunability, and collisional stability. In an optically trapped sample of 161^{161}Dy and 40^{40}K, we identify a broad Feshbach resonance centered at a magnetic field of 217217\,G. Hydrodynamic expansion profiles in the resonant interaction regime reveal a bimodal behavior resulting from mass imbalance. Lifetime studies on resonance show a suppression of inelastic few-body processes by orders of magnitude, which we interpret as a consequence of the fermionic nature of our system. The resonant mixture opens up intriguing perspectives for studies on novel states of strongly correlated fermions with mass imbalance.

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@article{arxiv.1909.03424,
  title  = {Resonantly Interacting Fermi-Fermi Mixture of $^{161}$Dy and $^{40}$K},
  author = {C. Ravensbergen and E. Soave and V. Corre and M. Kreyer and B. Huang and E. Kirilov and R. Grimm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.03424},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Revised version v3; Supplemental Material available as ancillary file