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\"Uberresonant Scattering of Ultracold Molecules

Atomic Physics 2012-10-19 v1

Abstract

Compared to purely atomic collisions, ultracold molecular collisions potentially support a much larger number of Fano-Feshbach resonances due to the enormous number of ro-vibrational states available. In fact, for alkali-metal dimers we find that the resulting density of resonances cannot be resolved at all, even on the sub-μ\muK temperature scale of ultracold experiments. As a result, all observables become averaged over many resonances and can effectively be described by simpler, non-resonant scattering calculations. Two particular examples are discussed: non-chemically reactive RbCs and chemically reactive KRb. In the former case, the formation of a long-lived collision complex may lead to the ejection of molecules from a trap. In the latter case, chemical reactions broaden the resonances so much that they become unobservable.

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@article{arxiv.1210.4955,
  title  = {\"Uberresonant Scattering of Ultracold Molecules},
  author = {Michael Mayle and Goulven Quéméner and Brandon P. Ruzic and John L. Bohn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4955},
  year   = {2012}
}