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Multiple scattering dynamics of fermions at an isolated p-wave resonance

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  • R. Thomas

    (QSO—Centre for Quantum Science, and Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, University of Otago)

  • K. O. Roberts

    (QSO—Centre for Quantum Science, and Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, University of Otago)

  • E. Tiesinga

    (Joint Quantum Institute and Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Maryland)

  • A. C. J. Wade

    (QSO—Centre for Quantum Science, and Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, University of Otago
    Aarhus University)

  • P. B. Blakie

    (QSO—Centre for Quantum Science, and Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, University of Otago)

  • A. B. Deb

    (QSO—Centre for Quantum Science, and Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, University of Otago)

  • N. Kjærgaard

    (QSO—Centre for Quantum Science, and Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, University of Otago)

Abstract

The wavefunction for indistinguishable fermions is anti-symmetric under particle exchange, which directly leads to the Pauli exclusion principle, and hence underlies the structure of atoms and the properties of almost all materials. In the dynamics of collisions between two indistinguishable fermions, this requirement strictly prohibits scattering into 90° angles. Here we experimentally investigate the collisions of ultracold clouds fermionic 40K atoms by directly measuring scattering distributions. With increasing collision energy we identify the Wigner threshold for p-wave scattering with its tell-tale dumb-bell shape and no 90° yield. Above this threshold, effects of multiple scattering become manifest as deviations from the underlying binary p-wave shape, adding particles either isotropically or axially. A shape resonance for 40K facilitates the separate observation of these two processes. The isotropically enhanced multiple scattering mode is a generic p-wave threshold phenomenon, whereas the axially enhanced mode should occur in any colliding particle system with an elastic scattering resonance.

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  • R. Thomas & K. O. Roberts & E. Tiesinga & A. C. J. Wade & P. B. Blakie & A. B. Deb & N. Kjærgaard, 2016. "Multiple scattering dynamics of fermions at an isolated p-wave resonance," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-6, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms12069
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12069
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