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Chinese Physics

Accurate calculation of the elastic scattering properties of 7 Li atoms at ultralow temperatures

Sun Jin-Feng, Zhang Ji-Cai, Jiemin Wang

Published Mar 1, 2006• 19 citations
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Abstract

The elastic scattering properties for collisions between two 7 Li atoms are investigated in the cold and ultracold regimes separately. Based on recent theoretical and experimental results, we present the improved hybrid potentials for the singlet X 1 ∑ g + and triplet a 3 ∑ u + ground states of the Li 2 . Our calculated values for the scattering lengths a and the effective ranges r e are compared with previous ones and found them to be in good agreement. The scattering lengths are 34.6 a 0 for the singlet state and −27.6 a 0 for the triplet state. Shape resonances occur in the collisions at low energies. We also calculate the total cross sections and the energy positions of shape resonances for both X 1 ∑ g + and a 3 ∑ u + states.

DOI
10.1088/1009-1963/15/3/014

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