| Literature DB >> 25126917 |
Zav Shotan1, Olga Machtey1, Servaas Kokkelmans1, Lev Khaykovich2.
Abstract
We report on measurements of three-body recombination loss rates in an ultracold gas of ^{7}Li atoms in the extremely nonuniversal regime where the two-body scattering length vanishes. We show that the loss rate coefficient is well defined and can be described by two-body parameters only: the scattering length a and the effective range R_{e}. We find the rate to be energy independent, and, by connecting our results with previously reported measurements in the universal limit, we cover the behavior of the three-body recombination rate in the whole range from weak to strong two-body interactions. We identify a nontrivial magnetic field value in the nonuniversal regime where the rate should be suppressed.Entities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 25126917 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.053202
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161