Interaction potential for NaCs for ultracold scattering and spectroscopy

Abstract

We obtain the interaction potential for NaCs by fitting to experiments on ultracold scattering and spectroscopy in optical tweezers. The central region of the potential has been accurately determined from Fourier-Transform spectroscopy at higher temperatures, so we focus on adjusting the long-range and short-range parts. We use coupled-channel calculations of binding energies and wave functions to understand the nature of the molecular states observed in ultracold spectroscopy, and of the state that causes the Feshbach resonance used to create ultracold NaCs molecules. We elucidate the relationships between the experimental quantities and features of the interaction potential. We establish the combinations of experimental quantities that determine particular features of the potential. We find that the long-range dispersion coefficient $C_6$ must be increased by about 0.9% to 3256(1) $E_{\text{h}}{a}_0^6$ to fit the experimental results. We use coupled-channel calculations on the final potential to predict bound-state energies and resonance positions.

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