Elucidating the roles of collision energy and photon momentum transfer in the formation of ultralong-range Rydberg molecules

C. Wang, Y. Lu, S. K. Kanungo +3

Spectroscopic measurements of the rotational distribution of ${}^{84}$Sr and ${}^{86}$Sr 5sns ${}^1{S}_0$ ultralong-range Rydberg molecular dimers created via photoassociation in a cold ga…