Efficient formation of strongly bound ultracold cesium molecules by photoassociation with tunneling

Mihaela Vatasescu, Claude M. Dion, Olivier Dulieu

We calculate the rates of formation and detection of ultracold Cs_2 molecules obtained from the photoassociation of ultracold atoms through the double-well 0g- (6S1/2 + 6P3/2) stat…