Title :
Studying ultra-cold molecules formation and decay via a feshbach resonance
Author :
Mukaiyama, K.Xu.T. ; Abo-Shaeer, J.R. ; Chin, J.K. ; Miller, Daniel E. ; Ketterle, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Quantum degenerate sodium dimer molecules are produced from an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate via a magnetically induced Feshbach resonance, with an initial phase-space density above 20. Atom-molecule coupling strength is probed by studying dissociation dynamics above threshold
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; dissociation; laser cooling; resonant states; sodium; Feshbach resonance; Na2; atom-molecule coupling strength; atomic Bose-Einstein condensate; dissociation dynamics; magnetically induced resonance; phase-space density; quantum degenerate molecules; sodium dimer molecules; ultracold molecules decay; ultracold molecules formation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
