Collisional Properties of p -Wave Feshbach Molecules
Yasuhisa Inada, Munekazu Horikoshi, Shuta Nakajima +3 more
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.
arXiv:0803.1405•Physical Review Letters•Sep 3, 2008•107 citations