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Tuning P-Wave Interactions in an Ultracold Fermi Gas of Atoms
Published
Author(s)
C A. Regal, J L. Ticknor, J L. Bohn, D S. Jin
Abstract
We have measured a p-wave Feshbach resonance in a single-component, ultracold Fermi gas of 40K atoms. We have used this resonance to enhance the normally suppressed p-wave collision cross-section to values larger than thebackground s-wave cross-section between 40K atoms in different spin-states. In addition to the modification of two-body elastic processes, the resonance dramatically enhances three-body inelastic colulsional loss.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
90
Issue
no. 5
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
cold collision, fermions, feshbach resonance
Citation
Regal, C.
, Ticknor, J.
, Bohn, J.
and Jin, D.
(2003),
Tuning P-Wave Interactions in an Ultracold Fermi Gas of Atoms, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed October 28, 2025)