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Chaotic scattering in ultracold atom-ion collisions

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arxiv 2401.18003 v1 pith:GEEX35VN submitted 2024-01-31 physics.atom-ph

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We report on signatures of classical chaos in ultracold collisions between a trapped ion and a free atom. Using numerical simulations, we show that the scattering dynamics can be highly sensitive to initial conditions for various mass ratios and trapping frequencies, indicating the onset of chaos. We quantify this chaotic dynamics by calculating its fractal dimension. We show that for a trapped $^{88}$Sr$^+$ ion and a free $^{87}$Rb atom chaotic dynamic appears under experimentally relevant conditions, and find its characteristic energy scale. The observation of classical chaos in atom-trapped-ion collisions suggests that signatures of quantum chaos might appear, for example, through a Wigner-Dyson distribution of collisional resonances.

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  1. Ultracold collisions of a neutral atom with a trapped ion in 1D

    physics.atom-ph 2025-06 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    A 1D quantum model of atom-ion collisions in a harmonic trap yields pairs of evenly spaced scattering resonances, a regularity the authors claim contradicts quantum chaos expectations.

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