Broad Feshbach Resonance with a Large Background Scattering Length in a Fermionic Atom-Molecule Mixture

We report the observation of a broad magnetic Feshbach resonance with a large background scattering length in an ultracold fermionic mixture of ^{23}Na^{40}K molecules and ^{40}K atoms, with both species prepared in their lowest hyperfine states. The Feshbach resonance is characterized by measuring resonantly enhanced loss rates and elastic scattering cross sections via cross-species thermalization. The large background scattering length can drive the atom-molecule mixture into the hydrodynamic regime when the magnetic field is far from the resonance. We observe that the center-of-mass motions of the atoms and molecules are phase locked and oscillate with a common frequency due to hydrodynamic drag effects. This broad atom-molecule Feshbach resonance with its large background scattering length opens up a new avenue toward studying strongly interacting fermionic gases with mass imbalance.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-11-06
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https://doi.org/10.1103/95nd-4tzv
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Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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Broad Feshbach Resonance with a Large Background Scattering Length in a Fermionic Atom-Molecule Mixture

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We report the observation of a broad magnetic Feshbach resonance with a large background scattering length in an ultracold fermionic mixture of ^{23}Na^{40}K molecules and ^{40}K atoms, with both species prepared in their lowest hyperfine states. The Feshbach resonance is characterized by measuring resonantly enhanced loss rates and elastic scattering cross sections via cross-species thermalization. The large background scattering length can drive the atom-molecule mixture into the hydrodynamic regime when the magnetic field is far from the resonance. We observe that the center-of-mass motions of the atoms and molecules are phase locked and oscillate with a common frequency due to hydrodynamic drag effects. This broad atom-molecule Feshbach resonance with its large background scattering length opens up a new avenue toward studying strongly interacting fermionic gases with mass imbalance.

Physical Review LettersVol. 135(21)
University of Science and Technology of China (CN), Hefei University (CN), Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale (CN), Microscale (United States) (US), Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (CN), Quantum Technologies (Sweden) (SE)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science and Technology Major Project
Openalex Percentile: Top 72%
Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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