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Recombination of three ultracold fermionic atoms

H. Suno, B. D. Esry, Chris H. Greene

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/0209092

Abstract

Three-body recombination of identical, spin-polarized fermionic atoms in the ultracold limit is investigated. The mechanisms for recombination are described in terms of the ``scattering volume'' Vp in the framework of the adiabatic hyperspherical representation. We have calculated numerically the recombination rate K3 as a function of Vp and have found that K3 scales as |Vp|8/3 for small |Vp|. A comparison with experimental data is also presented.

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