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arXiv:0803.1405 · Physical Review Letters

Collisional Properties of p -Wave Feshbach Molecules

Yasuhisa Inada, Munekazu Horikoshi, Shuta Nakajima, Makoto Kuwata‐Gonokami, Masahito Ueda, Takashi Mukaiyama

Published Sep 3, 2008• 107 citations
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Abstract

We have observed p-wave Feshbach molecules for all three combinations of the two lowest hyperfine spin states of 6Li. By creating a pure molecular sample in an optical trap, we measured the inelastic collision rates of p-wave molecules. We have also measured the elastic collision rate from the thermalization rate of a breathing mode which was excited spontaneously upon molecular formation.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.101.100401

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