Three-body recombination in heteronuclear systems at finite temperature with a large positive scattering length

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Abstract

For an ultracold heteronuclear mixture with a large positive interspecies scattering length and negligible intraspecies scattering length, we determine the three-body recombination rate as a function of collision energy using universal functions of a single scaling variable. We use the zero-range approximation and the Skorniakov$-$Ter-Martirosian equation to calculate these scaling functions for a range of collision energies. Further, we explore the effects that a nonzero temperature has on three-body recombination, as well as the effects of the formation of deep dimers, for experimentally relevant heteronuclear gases such as the $^6$Li-$^{133}$Cs mixture.

*NSF Grant Nos. PHY-1516077 and PHY-1555030

Authors

  • Samuel Emmons

    • University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • Bijaya Acharya

    • University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    • Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Lucas Platter

    • University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Physics Division
    • Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville and ORNL