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Feshbach resonances in mixtures of ultracold Li and Rb gases
We report on the observation of two Feshbach resonances in collisions between
ultracold Li and Rb atoms in their respective hyperfine ground
states and . The resonances show up as trap losses
for the Li cloud induced by inelastic Li-Rb-Rb three-body collisions. The
magnetic field values where they occur represent important benchmarks for an
accurate determination of the interspecies interaction potentials. A broad
Feshbach resonance located at 1066.92 G opens interesting prospects for the
creation of ultracold heteronuclear molecules. We furthermore observe a strong
enhancement of the narrow p-wave Feshbach resonance in collisions of Li
atoms at 158.55 G in the presence of a dense Rb cloud. The effect of the
Rb cloud is to introduce Li-Li-Rb three-body collisions occurring at a
higher rate than Li-Li-Li collisions.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Spectroscopic Study of IRAS 19285+0517(PDS 100): A Rapidly Rotating Li-Rich K Giant
We report on photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy for IRAS 19285+0517.
The spectral energy distribution based on visible and near-IR photometry and
far-IR fluxes shows that the star is surrounded by dust at a temperature of
250 K. Spectral line analysis shows that the star is a K
giant with a projected rotational velocity = 9 2 km s.
We determined the atmospheric parameters: = 4500 K, log =
2.5, = 1.5 km s, and [Fe/H] = 0.14 dex. The LTE abundance
analysis shows that the star is Li-rich (log (Li) = 2.50.15),
but with essentially normal C, N, and O, and metal abundances. Spectral
synthesis of molecular CN lines yields the carbon isotopic ratio
C/C = 9 3, a signature of post-main sequence evolution and
dredge-up on the RGB. Analysis of the Li resonance line at 6707 \AA for
different ratios Li/Li shows that the Li profile can be fitted best
with a predicted profile for pure Li. Far-IR excess, large Li abundance,
and rapid rotation suggest that a planet has been swallowed or, perhaps, that
an instability in the RGB outer layers triggered a sudden enrichment of Li and
caused mass-loss.Comment: To appear in AJ; 40 pages, 9 figure
Three Li-rich K giants: IRAS 12327-6523, IRAS 13539-4153, and IRAS 17596-3952
We report on spectroscopic analyses of three K giants previously suggested to
be Li-rich: IRAS 12327-6523, IRAS 13539-4153, and IRAS 17596-3952.
High-resolution optical spectra and the LTE model atmospheres are used to
derive the stellar parameters: (, log , [Fe/H]), elemental
abundances, and the isotopic ratio C/C. IRAS 13539-4153 shows an
extremely high Li abundance of (Li) 4.2, a value ten
times more than the present Li abundance in the local interstellar medium. This
is the third highest Li abundance yet reported for a K giant. IRAS 12327-6523
shows a Li abundances of (Li) 1.4. IRAS 17596-3952 is a
rapidly rotating ( 35 km s) K giant with
(Li) 2.2. Infrared photometry which shows the presence
of an IR excess suggesting mass-loss. A comparison is made between these three
stars and previously recognized Li-rich giants.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures, accepted for A
New Keck Observations of Lithium in Very Metal-poor Stars
Lithium abundances have been determined in more than 100 metal-poor halo
stars both in the field and in clusters. From these data we find trends of Li
with both temperature and metallicity and a real dispersion in Li abundances in
the Spite Li plateau. We attribute this dispersion primarily to Li depletion
(presumably due to extra mixing induced by stellar rotation) and to Galactic
chemical evolution. We derive a primordial Li of 2.44 0.18 for A(Li) =
log N(Li/H) + 12.00. This agrees with the Li abundances predicted by the
results. For stars cooler than the Li plateau we have evidence that Li
depletion sets in at hotter temperatures for the higher metallicity stars than
for the low-metal stars. This is the opposite sense of predictions from stellar
models. The smooth transition of the Li content from the Li plateau stars to
the cool stars adds weight to the inference of Li depletion in the plateau
stars.Comment: Invited talk for IAU Symposium 228 "From Lithium to Uranium..." held
in Paris in May, 2005. 6 pages, 6 figure
Unbound exotic nuclei studied by transfer to the continuum reactions
In this paper we show that the theory of transfer reactions from bound to
continuum states is well suited to extract structure information from data
obtained by performing "spectroscopy in the continuum". The low energy unbound
states of nuclei such as Li and He can be analyzed and the
neutron-core interaction, necessary to describe the corresponding borromean
nuclei Li and He can be determined in a semi-phenomenological way.
An application to the study of Li is then discussed and it is shown that
the scattering length for s-states at threshold can be obtained from the ratio
of experimental and theoretical cross sections. The scattering single particle
states of the system n+Li are obtained in a potential model. The
corresponding S-matrix is used to calculate the transfer cross section as a
function of the neutron continuum energy with respect to Li. Three
different reactions are calculated ,
, , to check the
sensitivity of the results to the target used and in particular to the transfer
matching conditions. Thus the sensitivity of the structure information
extracted from experimental data on the reaction mechanism is assessed.Comment: 21 pages, 5 ps figures, accepted for publication on Nucl. Phys.
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