Collisions of spin-polarized YO molecules for single partial waves
The authors study collisions of directly laser-cooled YO molecules in an ultracold regime involving few partial waves. They observe loss enhancement with increasing temperature or a larger number of participating partial waves. The observed loss rates are compared to theory, suggesting incomplete loss at short range and resonant enhancement. This collision study is highly relevant for achieving a degenerate gas of polar laser-cooled molecules.
Authors
- Matthew D. Frye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-2807)
- Parul Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1838-3006)
- Jeremy M. Hutson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4344-6622)
- Kameron Mehling
- Justin J. Burau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9745-4815)
- Mengjie Chen
- Jun Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-2112)
Institutions
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)
- Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (US)
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Durham University (GB)
- University of Colorado System (US)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.110.l041306
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.01
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Army Research Office