TY - JOUR
T1 - Collisional decay of Rb87 Feshbach molecules at 1005.8 G
AU - Syassen, N.
AU - Volz, T.
AU - Teichmann, S.
AU - Dürr, S.
AU - Rempe, G.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We present measurements of the loss-rate coefficients Kam and Kmm caused by inelastic atom-molecule and molecule-molecule collisions. A thermal cloud of atomic Rb87 is prepared in an optical dipole trap. A magnetic field is ramped across the Feshbach resonance at 1007.4 G. This associates atom pairs to molecules. A measurement of the molecule loss at 1005.8 G yields Kam =2× 10-10 cm3/s. Additionally, the atoms can be removed with blast light. In this case, the measured molecule loss yields Kmm =3× 10-10 cm3/s.
AB - We present measurements of the loss-rate coefficients Kam and Kmm caused by inelastic atom-molecule and molecule-molecule collisions. A thermal cloud of atomic Rb87 is prepared in an optical dipole trap. A magnetic field is ramped across the Feshbach resonance at 1007.4 G. This associates atom pairs to molecules. A measurement of the molecule loss at 1005.8 G yields Kam =2× 10-10 cm3/s. Additionally, the atoms can be removed with blast light. In this case, the measured molecule loss yields Kmm =3× 10-10 cm3/s.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.062706
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.062706
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845527586
VL - 74
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information
JF - Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information
SN - 2469-9926
IS - 6
M1 - 062706
ER -