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Tunneling of two interacting atoms from excited states

Atomic Physics 2018-06-27 v2

Abstract

We consider tunneling of two interacting atoms with an even spatial symmetry. The atoms are prepared in two lowest excited states with respect to relative and center-of-mass motions. We observe monotonic and non-monotonic dependence of the decay rate of the total probability as a function of the interatomic coupling strength gg. We find a transition from uncorrelated to correlated pair tunneling as a function of gg and an external trap barrier. The similar system has been investigated for two interacting 6^6Li atoms in the deterministic Heidelberg experiment.

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@article{arxiv.1806.09005,
  title  = {Tunneling of two interacting atoms from excited states},
  author = {I. S. Ishmukhamedov and A. S. Ishmukhamedov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.09005},
  year   = {2018}
}