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Phys. Rev. A 74, 041605(R) (2006) [4 pages]

Control of the interaction in a Fermi-Bose mixture

M. Zaccanti, C. D'Errico, F. Ferlaino, G. Roati, M. Inguscio, and G. Modugno
LENS and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze, and INFM-CNR, Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Rapid Received 23 June 2006; published 26 October 2006

We control the interspecies interaction in a two-species atomic quantum mixture by tuning the magnetic field at a Feshbach resonance. The mixture is composed by fermionic 40K and bosonic 87Rb. We observe effects of the large attractive and repulsive interaction energy across the resonance, such as collapse or a reduced spatial overlap of the mixture, and we accurately locate the resonance position and width. Understanding and controlling instabilities in this mixture opens the way to a variety of applications, including formation of heteronuclear molecular quantum gases.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.041605
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.041605
PACS: 03.75.Ss; 03.75.Kk; 34.20.Cf
  • 03.75.Ss
    Degenerate Fermi gases
  • 03.75.Kk
    Dynamic properties of Bose-Einstein condensates; collective and hydrodynamic excitations, superfluid flow
  • 34.20.Cf
    Interatomic potentials and forces
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: potassium, rubidium, fermion systems, boson systems, resonant states

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