Published July 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Characterization of elastic scattering near a Feshbach resonance in 87Rb

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, (Germany)

Description

The s-wave scattering length for elastic collisions between 87Rb atoms in the state |f,mf>=|1,1> is measured in the vicinity of a Feshbach resonance near 1007 G. Experimentally, the scattering length is determined from the mean-field-driven expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a homogeneous magnetic field. The scattering length is measured as a function of the magnetic field and agrees with the theoretical expectation. The width of the resonance is determined to be 0.20(3) G, the position of the zero crossing of the scattering length is found at 1007.60(3) G

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 010702-010702.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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(c) 2003 The American Physical Society