Spectroscopic Determination of the s-Wave Scattering Length of Lithium
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Two-photon photoassociation of colliding ultracold 7Li atoms is used to probe the Σu+3(a) ground state of 7Li2. The binding energy of the least-bound state of this triplet potential, υ=10, is found to be 12.47±0.04 GHz. This spectroscopic information establishes that the s-wave scattering length for 7Li atoms in the F=2, mF=2 state is (−27.3±0.8)a0. The negative sign of the scattering length has important implications as to whether atoms at this doubly spin-polarized state can undergo a Bose-Einstein condensation.
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Abraham, E.R.I., McAlexander, W.I., Sackett, C.A., et al.. "Spectroscopic Determination of the s-Wave Scattering Length of Lithium." Physical Review Letters, 74, no. 8 (1995) American Physical Society: 1315-1318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1315.