Three-Body Recombination of Ultracold Atoms Treated Classically

Three-body recombination is an important loss process in quantum gases. A six-dimensional classical simulation of the process has been formulated and implemented numerically, and Newtonian results for the generalized recombination cross-section have been calculated. Preliminary comparisons to quantum mechanical results will be discussed at the meeting, and animations of the recombination trajectories will be presented and interpreted.