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Efficient numerical method for locating Feshbach resonances of ultracold molecules in external fields

TitleEfficient numerical method for locating Feshbach resonances of ultracold molecules in external fields
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsSuleimanov, YV, Krems, RV
JournalJOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume134
Pagination014101
Date PublishedJAN 7
ISSN0021-9606
Abstract

Collision properties of atoms and molecules in low temperature gases can be controlled by applying an external magnetic or electric field. The external field shifts the energy levels of the colliding particles, which gives rise to Feshbach resonances modifying the scattering cross sections. The resonances occur at particular magnitudes of the external field, where a bound state of the collision complex is degenerate with a scattering state. The positions of the resonances in the external field are usually identified by computing either the scattering cross sections or the bound states of the collision complex as functions of the external field magnitude. We propose a more efficient method for locating Feshbach resonances that requires neither of these computations. In particular, we show that the positions of Feshbach resonances can be identified by computing the log-derivative of the total wave function in a classically allowed region as a function of the external field strength. This procedure is particularly useful for locating narrow Feshbach resonances that may be hard to identify with the other methods. (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics. {[}doi:10.1063/1.3524341]

DOI10.1063/1.3524341