Feshbach resonances in cesium at ultralow static magnetic fields

Authors
  • D.J. Papoular
  • S. Bize
  • A. Clairon
  • H. Marion
Publication date 2012
Journal Physical Review A
Volume | Issue number 86 | 4
Pages (from-to) 040701
Number of pages 5
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract
We have observed Feshbach resonances for 133Cs atoms in two different hyperfine states at static magnetic fields of a few milligauss. These resonances are unusual for two main reasons. First, they are the lowest static-field resonances investigated up to now, and we explain their multipeak structure in these ultralow fields. Second, they are robust with respect to temperature effects. We have measured them using an atomic fountain clock and reproduced them using coupled-channels calculations, which are in excellent agreement with our measurements. We show that these are s-wave resonances due to a very weakly bound state of the triplet molecular Hamiltonian. We also describe a model explaining their asymmetric shape in the regime where the kinetic energy dominates over the coupling strength.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.040701
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