Coherent bimolecular reactions with quantum-degenerate matter waves
arXiv:0902.3797 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.79.023622
Abstract
We demonstrate theoretically that the abstraction reaction can be driven coherently and efficiently with quantum-degenerate bosonic or fermionic matter waves. We show that the initial stages of the reaction are dominated by quantum fluctuations, resulting in the appearance of macroscopic non-classical correlations in the final atomic and molecular fields. The dynamics associated with the creation of bosonic and of fermionic dimer-atom pairs are also compared. This study opens up a promising new regime of quantum degenerate matter-wave chemistry.
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