Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases

2008/12/31 by Cheng Chin, Rudolf Grimm, Paul S. Julienne +2 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #cond-mat.other

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.82.1225

published as Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 1225-1286 (2010) · Review article, 63 pages, 48 figures

arxiv created 2009/07/09 · openalex publication_date 2010/04/29 · arxiv updated 2010/05/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

Feshbach resonances are the essential tool to control the interaction between atoms in ultracold quantum gases. They have found numerous experimental applications, opening up the way to important breakthroughs. This review broadly covers the phenomenon of Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases and their main applications. This includes the theoretical background and models for the description of Feshbach resonances, the experimental methods to find and characterize the resonances, a discussion of the main properties of resonances in various atomic species and mixed atomic species systems, and an overview of key experiments with atomic Bose-Einstein condensates, degenerate Fermi gases, and ultracold molecules.

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• Effects of Configuration Interaction on Intensities and Phase Shifts
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• Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules

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