Atom-dimer and dimer-dimer scatterings in a spin-orbit coupled Fermi gas

Abstract

Using the diagrammatic approach, here we study how spin-orbit coupling (SOC) affects the fermion-dimer and dimer-dimer scattering lengths in the Born approximation, and benchmark their accuracy with the higher-order approximations. We consider both isotropic and Rashba couplings in three dimensions, and show that the Born approximation gives accurate results in the $1/(m\alpha a_s)\ll -1$ limit, where $m$ is the mass of the fermions, $\alpha$ is the strength of the SOC, and $a_s$ is the $s$-wave scattering length between fermions. This is because the higher-loop contributions form a perturbative series in the $1/(m\alpha a_s)<0$ region that is controlled by the smallness of the residue $Z$ of the dimer propagator. In sharp contrast, since $Z$ grows with the square-root of the binding energy of the dimer in the $1/(m\alpha a_s)>0$ region, all of the higher-loop contributions are of similar order.

arXiv comment10 pages with 10 figures; to appear in PRA

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