Effective-range approximations for resonant scattering of cold atoms

Blackley, C.L.; Julienne, P.S.; Hutson, J.M.

doi:10.1103/physreva.89.042701

Effective-range approximations for resonant scattering of cold atoms

Blackley, C.L.; Julienne, P.S.; Hutson, J.M.

Authors

C.L. Blackley

P.S. Julienne

Professor Jeremy Hutson j.m.hutson@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Studies of cold atom collisions and few-body interactions often require the energy dependence of the scattering phase shift, which is usually expressed in terms of an effective-range expansion. We use accurate coupled-channel calculations on 6Li, 39K, and 133Cs to explore the behavior of the effective range in the vicinity of both broad and narrow Feshbach resonances. We show that commonly used expressions for the effective range break down dramatically for narrow resonances and near the zero crossings of broad resonances. We present an alternative parametrization of the effective range that is accurate through both the pole and the zero crossing for both broad and narrow resonances. However, the effective-range expansion can still fail at quite low collision energies, particularly around narrow resonances. We demonstrate that an analytical form of an energy and magnetic-field-dependent phase shift, based on multichannel quantum defect theory, gives accurate results for the energy-dependent scattering length.

Citation

Blackley, C., Julienne, P., & Hutson, J. (2014). Effective-range approximations for resonant scattering of cold atoms. Physical Review A, 89(4), Article 042701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.89.042701

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Apr 1, 2014
Deposit Date	Apr 30, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Jul 11, 2014
Journal	Physical Review A
Print ISSN	1050-2947
Electronic ISSN	1094-1622
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	89
Issue	4
Article Number	042701
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.89.042701

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