COLLISIONS OF DOUBLY SPIN-POLARIZED, ULTRACOLD RB-85 ATOMS

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GARDNER, JR [1 ]
CLINE, RA [1 ]
MILLER, JD [1 ]
HEINZEN, DJ [1 ]
BOESTEN, HMJM [1 ]
VERHAAR, BJ [1 ]
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[1] EINDHOVEN UNIV TECHNOL,5600 MB EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3764
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O4 [物理学];
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We study the collisions of doubly spin-polarized 85Rb atoms at millikelvin temperatures using photoassociation spectroscopy. Because the atoms are spin polarized, only triplet collisional states are formed. This leads to photoassociation spectra of a particularly simple form, which provide a very direct probe of the ground state collision. These spectra are analyzed to yield the ground state triplet scattering length -1000a0<aT<-60a0 for 85Rb, +85a0<aT<+140a0 for 87Rb, and the product of the D-line dipole matrix elements d(P1/2)d(P3/2)=8.75±0.25 a.u. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3764 / 3767
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