D-wave confinement-induced resonances in harmonic waveguides
Panagiotis Giannakeas, Vladimir S. Melezhik, Peter Schmelcher, Russian Federation
Abstract
We observe d-wave confinement-induced resonances (CIRs) of bosonic scattering in tightly confining harmonic waveguides. It is shown that the d-wave CIR emerges in the quasi-1D regime as an imprint of a 3D d-wave shape resonance. A scaling relation for the position of the d-wave CIR is provided. By changing the trap frequency, ultracold scattering can be continuously tuned from s-wave to d-wave CIRs. The effect can be utilized for the realization of ultracold atomic gases interacting via higher partial waves and opens a novel possibility for studying strongly correlated atomic systems beyond s-wave physics. PACS numbers: 03.75.Be, 34.10.+x, 34.50.-s