Magneto-optical trapping of a heavy polyatomic molecule for precision measurement

Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett, Hiromitsu Sawaoka +10

We report a magneto-optical trap of strontium monohydroxide (SrOH) containing 2000(600) molecules at a temperature of 1.2(3) mK. The lifetime is 91(9) ms, which is limited by decay…