NEGATIVE SCATTERING LENGTH OF ULTRACOLD LI-7 GAS

Authors
MOERDIJK AJ STWALLEY WC HULET RG VERHAAR BJ
Citation
Aj. Moerdijk et al., NEGATIVE SCATTERING LENGTH OF ULTRACOLD LI-7 GAS, Physical review letters, 72(1), 1994, pp. 40-43
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
40 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:1<40:NSLOUL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We have improved the theoretical triplet ground-state potential of Li- 7(2) by means of an inverse perturbation analysis, and find that the d iatomic scattering length for Li-7 atoms in the F = 2, m(F) = 2 ground -state hyperfine level is negative. The consequences of this result fo r achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in a trapped ultracold Li-7 gas sample are addressed.