Three-body recombination of fermionic atoms in the ultracold limit

H. Suno, B.D. Esry
(Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506),

Chris H. Greene
(Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309)

While ultracold three-body recombination of bosons has been theoretically studied [1] because of its importance for Bose-Einstein condensates, similar studies have not been carried out for ultracold recombination of fermions. We will present the first such studies, examining the behavior of the recombination rate as a function of the p-wave scattering length [2] and comparing it with what is known about boson recombination. Implications for the many ongoing degenerate Fermi gas experiments [3] will also be discussed.

References:

[1] B.D. Esry, C.H. Greene, and J.P. Burke, Jr., Phys. Rev. Lett. 83), 1751 (1999);
E. Nielsen and J.H. Macek, ibid. 83, 1566 (1999);
P.F. Bedaque, E. Braaten, and H.-W. Hammer, ibid. 85,908 (2000)
[2] (J.L. Bohn, Phys. Rev. A, 61) 053409 (2000).
[3] B. DeMarco and D.S. Jin, Science 285, 1703 (1999);
K.M. O'Hara et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2092 (2000);
A.G. Truscott et al., Science 291, 2750 (2001)

Supported by the National Science Foundation.

Submitted to DAMOP 2002, May 2002 in Williamsburg, VA.

 

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