Scattering lengths for Li–Cs, Na–Cs, K–Cs, and Rb–Cs ultracold collisions

Autor: A.L.M. Zanelatto, Evandro Marcos Saidel Ribeiro, Reginaldo de Jesus Napolitano
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: The Journal of Chemical Physics. 123:014311
ISSN: 1089-7690
0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/1.1950668
Popis: We present triplet and singlet scattering lengths for X--133Cs collisions (X=6,7Li, 23Na, 39,40,41K, and 85,87Rb). We consider the short-range potential-energy curves based on high-quality ab initio calculations and the long-range potential described by accurate dispersion coefficients available in the literature. Using a Fermi function to smoothly connect the short- and long-range terms we construct the potential for all R and evaluate the scattering length for each mixed species X--Cs. In particular, we predict that the cross section for inelastic processes between 23Na and 133Cs and between 40K and 133Cs will be small as compared with the respective elastic cross sections.
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