Ultracold atom-atom collisions by renormalized Numerov method

Abstract

The renormalized Numerov algorithm is applied to solving time-independent Schrödinger equation relating to atom-atom collisions at ultralow temperature. The proprieties of Feshbach resonance in ³⁹K-¹³³Cs collisions are investigated as an example. The results show that the renormalized Numerov method can give excellent results for ultracold colliding process. In contrast to improved log derivative method, the renormalized Numerov method displays a certain weakness in computational efficiency under the same condition. However, it is much stable in a wide range of grid step size. Hence a new propagating method is proposed by combining renormalized Numerov and logarithmic derivative method which can save computational time with a better accuracy. This algorithm can be used to solve close-coupling Schrödinger equation at arbitrary temperature for two-body collisions.