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Expansion of a lithium gas in the BEC-BCS crossover

J. Zhang, E. G. M. Van Kempen, T. Bourdel, L. Khaykovich, J. Cubizolles, F. Chevy, M. Teichmann, L. Tarruell, S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, C. Salomon

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0410167

Abstract

We report on experiments in 6Li Fermi gases near Feshbach resonances. A broad s-wave resonance is used to form a Bose-Einstein condensate of weakly bound 6Li2 molecules in a crossed optical trap. The measured molecule-molecule scattering length of 170+100-60 nm at 770 G is found in good agreement with theory. The expansion energy of the cloud in the BEC-BCS crossover region is measured. Finally we discuss the properties of p-wave Feshbach resonances observed near 200 Gauss and new s-wave resonances in the heteronuclear 6Li- 7Li mixture.

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