Ultracold Li + Li2 collisions: bosonic and fermionic cases.
We have carried out quantum dynamical calculations of vibrational quenching in Li + Li(2) collisions for both bosonic (7)Li and fermionic (6)Li. These are the first ever such calculations involving fermionic atoms. We find that for the low initial vibrational states considered here (v < or = 3), the quenching rates are not suppressed for fermionic atoms. This contrasts with the situation found experimentally for molecules formed via Feshbach resonances in very high vibrational states.
Cvitas
Marko T
MT
Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Soldán
Pavel
P
Hutson
Jeremy M
JM
Honvault
Pascal
P
Launay
Jean-Michel
JM