Naidon, P.
, Tiesinga, E.
and Julienne, P.
(2008),
Two-Body Transients in Coupled Atomic-Molecular BECs, Physical Review Letters (Accessed May 12, 2026)
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Two-Body Transients in Coupled Atomic-Molecular BECs
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Abstract
We discuss the dynamics of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate when pairs of atoms are converted into molecules by single-color photoassociation. Three main regimes are found and it is shown that they can be understood on the basis oftime-dependent two-body theory. In particular, the so-called rogue dissociation regime [Phys. Rev. Lett., 88, 090403 (2002)], which has a density-dependent limit on the photoassociation rate, is identified with a transient regime of the two-atom dynamics exhibiting universal properties. Finally, we illustrate how these regimes could be explored by photoassociating condensates of alkaline-earth atoms.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
100
Issue
9
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Bose-Einstein condensate, cold molecules, photoassociation, time-dependent
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Created March 3, 2008, Updated February 17, 2017