Deviation from Universality in Collisions of Ultracold 6Li2 Molecules
Abstract
Collisions of 6Li2 molecules with free 6Li atoms reveal a striking deviation from universal predictions based on long-range van der Waals interactions. Li2 closed-channel molecules are formed in the highest vibrational state near a narrow Feshbach resonance, and decay via two-body collisions with Li2, Li, and Na. For Li2+Li2 and Li2+Na, the decay rates agree with the universal predictions of the quantum Langevin model. In contrast, the rate for Li2+Li is exceptionally small, with an upper bound ten times smaller than the universal prediction. This can be explained by the low density of available decay states in systems of light atoms [G. Qu\'em\'ener, J.-M. Launay, and P. Honvault, Phys. Rev. A 75, 050701 (2007)], for which such collisions have not been studied before.
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