Feshbach resonances in ultracold atomic and molecular collisions: threshold behaviour and suppression of poles in scattering lengths

Hutson, Jeremy M.

Abstract

In the absence of inelastic scattering, Feshbach resonances produce poles in scattering lengths and very large peaks in elastic cross-sections. However, inelastic scattering removes the poles. Whenever the resonant state is coupled comparably to the elastic and inelastic channels, the scattering length exhibits only a small oscillation and peaks in cross-sections are significantly suppressed. A resonant scattering length is defined to characterize the amplitude of the oscillation, and is shown to be small for many collisions of ultracold molecules. The results suggest that cross-sections for some ultracold collision processes will be much less sensitive to details of the potential than has been expected.

Citation

Hutson, J. M. (2007). Feshbach resonances in ultracold atomic and molecular collisions: threshold behaviour and suppression of poles in scattering lengths. New Journal of Physics, 9, Article 152. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/5/152

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: May 24, 2007
• Publication Date: May 24, 2007
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: May 18, 2017
• Journal: New Journal of Physics
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Article Number: 152
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/5/152