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Ultracold Fermionic Feshbach Molecules of $^{23}$Na$^{40}$K

Quantum Gases 2012-09-13 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We report on the formation of ultracold fermionic Feshbach molecules of 23^{23}Na40^{40}K, the first fermionic molecule that is chemically stable in its ground state. The lifetime of the nearly degenerate molecular gas exceeds 100 ms in the vicinity of the Feshbach resonance. The measured dependence of the molecular binding energy on the magnetic field demonstrates the open-channel character of the molecules over a wide field range and implies significant singlet admixture. This will enable efficient transfer into the singlet vibrational ground state, resulting in a stable molecular Fermi gas with strong dipolar interactions.

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@article{arxiv.1206.5023,
  title  = {Ultracold Fermionic Feshbach Molecules of $^{23}$Na$^{40}$K},
  author = {Cheng-Hsun Wu and Jee Woo Park and Peyman Ahmadi and Sebastian Will and Martin W. Zwierlein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.5023},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures