Ultracold three-body collisions near overlapping Feshbach resonances

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Aug 21;103(8):083202. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.083202. Epub 2009 Aug 18.

Abstract

We present a comprehensive collection of ultracold three-body collisions properties near overlapping Feshbach resonances. Our results incorporate variations of all scattering lengths and demonstrate novel collisional behavior, such as atom-molecule interference effects. Taking advantage of the unique ways in which these collisions reflect Efimov physics, new pathways to control atomic and molecular losses open up. Further, we show that overlapping resonances can greatly improve the chances of observing multiple Efimov features in an ultracold quantum gas for nearly any system.