Orbital-resolved three-body recombination across a p-wave Feshbach resonance in ultracold $^6$Li

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Auteurs principaux: Liu, Shaokun, Xu, Zhekang, Peng, Shuai, Peng, Sijia, Shu, Tangqian, Li, Jiaming, Luo, Le
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author Liu, Shaokun
Xu, Zhekang
Peng, Shuai
Peng, Sijia
Shu, Tangqian
Li, Jiaming
Luo, Le
author_facet Liu, Shaokun
Xu, Zhekang
Peng, Shuai
Peng, Sijia
Shu, Tangqian
Li, Jiaming
Luo, Le
contents We report precision, orbital-resolved measurements of three-body recombination near the 159~G $p$-wave Feshbach resonance in an ultracold gas of $^{6}$Li atoms prepared in their lowest hyperfine state. Using a radio-frequency gated protocol that suppresses magnetic-field transients below the milligauss level, we resolve loss features associated with the $|m_\ell|=1$ and $m_\ell=0$ orbital projections. The measured three-body loss coefficient $L_3$ is well captured by a thermally averaged cascade-recombination model, enabling extraction of the resonance splitting $δB$ and effective-range parameter $k_e$. At the lowest temperature, we obtain $δB = 7.6(3)$~mG and $k_e = 0.151(6)\,a_0^{-1}$, both in quantitative agreement with coupled-channel theory. These results establish orbital-resolved three-body spectroscopy as a precision probe of $p$-wave scattering and provide a benchmark for microscopic models of resonant few-body loss.
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spellingShingle Orbital-resolved three-body recombination across a p-wave Feshbach resonance in ultracold $^6$Li
Liu, Shaokun
Xu, Zhekang
Peng, Shuai
Peng, Sijia
Shu, Tangqian
Li, Jiaming
Luo, Le
Quantum Gases
We report precision, orbital-resolved measurements of three-body recombination near the 159~G $p$-wave Feshbach resonance in an ultracold gas of $^{6}$Li atoms prepared in their lowest hyperfine state. Using a radio-frequency gated protocol that suppresses magnetic-field transients below the milligauss level, we resolve loss features associated with the $|m_\ell|=1$ and $m_\ell=0$ orbital projections. The measured three-body loss coefficient $L_3$ is well captured by a thermally averaged cascade-recombination model, enabling extraction of the resonance splitting $δB$ and effective-range parameter $k_e$. At the lowest temperature, we obtain $δB = 7.6(3)$~mG and $k_e = 0.151(6)\,a_0^{-1}$, both in quantitative agreement with coupled-channel theory. These results establish orbital-resolved three-body spectroscopy as a precision probe of $p$-wave scattering and provide a benchmark for microscopic models of resonant few-body loss.
title Orbital-resolved three-body recombination across a p-wave Feshbach resonance in ultracold $^6$Li
topic Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02479