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physics.atom-ph2008★ 94 cited

Ultracold polar molecules near quantum degeneracy

S. Ospelkaus, K. -K. Ni, M. H. G. de Miranda +6

We report the creation and characterization of a near quantum-degenerate gas of polar K-Rb molecules in their absolute rovibrational ground state. Starting from weakl…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 25 cited

How Does a Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate Collapse?

J. L. Bohn, R. M. Wilson, S. Ronen

We emphasize that the macroscopic collapse of a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate in a pancake-shaped trap occurs through local density fluctuations, rather than through a global co…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 193 cited

Magneto-Optical Trap for Polar Molecules

Benjamin K. Stuhl, Brian C. Sawyer, Dajun Wang +1

We propose a method for laser cooling and trapping a substantial class of polar molecules, and in particular titanium (II) oxide (TiO). This method uses pulsed electric fields to n…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 78 cited

Accurate calculations of Sr properties for a high-accuracy optical clock

S. G. Porsev, Andrew D. Ludlow, Martin M. Boyd +1

We have carried out calculations towards the goal of reducing the inaccuracy of the Sr optical atomic clock to 1 and below. We calculated a.c. polarizabilities of t…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 111 cited

Low-energy molecular collisions in a permanent magnetic trap

Brian C. Sawyer, Benjamin K. Stuhl, Dajun Wang +2

Cold, neutral hydroxyl radicals are Stark decelerated and confined within a magnetic trap consisting of two permanent ring magnets. The OH molecules are trapped in the ro-vibration…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 23 cited

Loss of molecules in magneto-electrostatic traps due to nonadiabatic transitions

Manuel Lara, Benjamin L. Lev, John L. Bohn

We analyze the dynamics of a paramagnetic, dipolar molecule in a generic "magneto-electrostatic'' trap where both magnetic and electric fields may be present. The potential energy…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 30 cited

Dimer-dimer collisions at finite energies in two-component Fermi gases

J. P. D'Incao, Seth T. Rittenhouse, N. P. Mehta +1

We introduce a major theoretical generalization of existing techniques for handling the three-body problem that accurately describes the interactions among four fermionic atoms. Ap…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 24 cited

Limits of the Plane Wave Approximation in the Measurement of Molecular Properties

Zachary B. Walters, Stefano Tonzani, Chris H. Greene

Rescattering electrons offer great potential as probes of molecular properties on ultrafast timescales. The most famous example is molecular tomography, in which high harmonic spec…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 24 cited

Ultracold atom-molecule collisions with fermionic atoms

J. P. D'Incao, B. D. Esry, Chris H. Greene

Elastic and inelastic properties of weakly bound s- and p-wave molecules of fermionic atoms that collide with a third atom are investigated. Analysis of calculated collisional prop…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 282 cited

Ultracold dense gas of deeply bound heteronuclear molecules

S. Ospelkaus, A. Pe'er, K. -K. Ni +6

Recently, the quest for an ultracold and dense ensemble of polar molecules has attracted strong interest. Polar molecules have bright prospects for novel quantum gases with long-ra…

physics.atom-ph2008★ 331 cited

New Limits on Coupling of Fundamental Constants to Gravity Using Sr Optical Lattice Clocks

S. Blatt, A. D. Ludlow, G. K. Campbell +13

The - clock transition frequency in neutral Sr has been measured relative to the Cs standard by three independent laboratories…