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Magnetic Feshbach resonances and Zeeman relaxation in bosonic chromium gas with anisotropic interaction

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Physics Department, University of Connecticut, 2152 Hillside Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3046 (United States)
  2. ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
Rigorous calculations of magnetic Feshbach resonances and Zeeman relaxation cross sections in an ultracold and cold chromium gas are reported. This work presents the calculation of such inelastic processes in collisions of atoms with large magnetic moments. Using our recently constructed accurate interaction potentials for the chromium dimer, we compute the positions and widths of magnetically tuned resonances in an optically trapped ultracold Cr gas. We find good agreement with recent experimental data and report that spin-change collision cross sections quickly increase with decreasing collision energy and magnetic-field strength at energies below 1 K and magnetic fields larger than 40 G.
OSTI ID:
20717850
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 71; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English