Orbital-resolved three-body recombination across a <i>p</i> -wave Feshbach resonance in ultracold <sup>6</sup> Li

We report precision, orbital-resolved measurements of three-body recombination near the 159 G<i>p</i>-wave Feshbach resonance in an ultracold gas of<sup>6</sup>Li atoms prepared in their lowest hyperfine state. Using a radio-frequency gated protocol that suppresses magnetic-field transients below the milligauss level, we resolve loss features associated with the|mℓ|=1andmℓ=0orbital projections. The measured three-body loss coefficient<i>L</i><sub>3</sub>is well captured by a thermally averaged cascade-recombination model, enabling extraction of the resonance splitting δ<i>B</i>and effective-range parameterke. At the lowest temperature, we obtainδB=7.6(3) mG andke=0.151(6)a0-1, both in quantitative agreement with coupled-channel theory. These results establish orbital-resolved three-body spectroscopy as a precision probe of<i>p</i>-wave scattering and provide a benchmark for microscopic models of resonant few-body loss.

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Reports on Progress in Physics
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2026-02-01
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ae413a
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Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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Orbital-resolved three-body recombination across a p -wave Feshbach resonance in ultracold 6 Li

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Reports on Progress in Physics
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Orbital-resolved three-body recombination across a p -wave Feshbach resonance in ultracold 6 Li

Le Luo, Tangqian Shu, Sijia Peng, Z. P. Xu, Shuai Peng, Jiaming Li, Shaokun Liu Liu
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We report precision, orbital-resolved measurements of three-body recombination near the 159 G<i>p</i>-wave Feshbach resonance in an ultracold gas of<sup>6</sup>Li atoms prepared in their lowest hyperfine state. Using a radio-frequency gated protocol that suppresses magnetic-field transients below the milligauss level, we resolve loss features associated with the|mℓ|=1andmℓ=0orbital projections. The measured three-body loss coefficient<i>L</i><sub>3</sub>is well captured by a thermally averaged cascade-recombination model, enabling extraction of the resonance splitting δ<i>B</i>and effective-range parameterke. At the lowest temperature, we obtainδB=7.6(3) mG andke=0.151(6)a0-1, both in quantitative agreement with coupled-channel theory. These results establish orbital-resolved three-body spectroscopy as a precision probe of<i>p</i>-wave scattering and provide a benchmark for microscopic models of resonant few-body loss.

Reports on Progress in PhysicsVol. 89(2)
Sun Yat-sen University (CN), The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 65%
Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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