Characterizing Feshbach resonances in ultracold scattering calculations

Frye, Matthew D.; Hutson, Jeremy M.

Abstract

We describe procedures for converging on and characterizing zero-energy Feshbach resonances that appear in scattering lengths for ultracold atomic and molecular collisions as a function of an external field. The elastic procedure is appropriate for purely elastic scattering, where the scattering length is real and displays a true pole. The regularized scattering length procedure is appropriate when there is weak background inelasticity, so that the scattering length is complex and displays an oscillation rather than a pole, but the resonant scattering length a res is close to real. The fully complex procedure is appropriate when there is substantial background inelasticity and the real and imaginary parts of a res are required. We demonstrate these procedures for scattering of ultracold 85 Rb in various initial states. All of them can converge on and provide full characterization of resonances, from initial guesses many thousands of widths away, using scattering calculations at only about ten values of the external field.

Citation

Frye, M. D., & Hutson, J. M. (2017). Characterizing Feshbach resonances in ultracold scattering calculations. Physical Review A, 96(4), Article 042705. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.042705

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Oct 11, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 11, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 1, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 1, 2017
• Journal: Physical Review A
• Print ISSN: 2469-9926
• Electronic ISSN: 2469-9934
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 96
• Issue: 4
• Article Number: 042705
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.042705