Characterization of Feshbach resonances in ${}^6\mathrm{Li}{-}^7\mathrm{Li}$ using improved interaction potentials

Abstract

We characterize Feshbach resonances in all isotopologues of the $\mathrm{Li}-\mathrm{Li}$ system with improved interaction potentials. Starting from spectroscopically accurate Morse/long-range (MLR) potential-energy curves for the singlet ($X^1{\Sigma }^{+}$) and triplet ($a^3{\Sigma }^{+}$) electronic states of ${\mathrm{Li}}_2$, we apply small phenomenological inner-wall adjustments (following Julienne and Hutson, Phys. Rev. A 89, 052715 (2014), arXiv:1404.2623v3) and fit the resulting potentials to threshold measurements for the ${}^6\mathrm{Li}{-}^6\mathrm{Li}$ and ${}^7\mathrm{Li}{-}^7\mathrm{Li}$ isotopologues, including binding energies, scattering lengths, and Feshbach resonance positions. Using the optimized potentials in coupled-channels scattering calculations, we predict and characterize s-wave Feshbach resonances in the ${}^6\mathrm{Li}{-}^7\mathrm{Li}$ isotopologue. In its lowest-energy hyperfine channel, all resonances are narrow ($\sim 0.01-0.1$ G), strongly closed-channel dominated, and predominantly triplet in electronic spin character, in marked contrast to the homonuclear systems. These results provide a foundation for designing Raman optical-transfer pathways to produce ultracold ${\mathrm{Li}}_2$ molecules in deeply bound rovibrational levels of both the $X^1{\Sigma }^{+}$ and $a^3{\Sigma }^{+}$ potentials across all three isotopologues.

12+2 pages, 6 figures

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