5 papers
Production of cold formaldehyde molecules for study and control of chemical reaction dynamics with hydroxyl radicals
Eric R. Hudson, Christopher Ticknor, Brian C. Sawyer +5
We propose a method for controlling a class of low temperature chemical reactions. Specifically, we show the hydrogen abstraction channel in the reaction of formaldehyde (HCO…
Efficient Stark deceleration of cold polar molecules
Eric R. Hudson, J. R. Bochinski, H. J. Lewandowski +2
Stark deceleration has been utilized for slowing and trapping several species of neutral, ground-state polar molecules generated in a supersonic beam expansion. Due to the finite p…
A pulsed, low-temperature beam of supersonically cooled free radical OH molecules
H. J. Lewandowski, Eric R. Hudson, J. R. Bochinski +1
An improved system for creating a pulsed, low-temperature molecular beam of OH radicals has been developed. We use a pulsed discharge to create OH from HO seeded in Xe during a…
Cold free radical molecules in the laboratory frame
J. R. Bochinski, Eric R. Hudson, H. J. Lewandowski +1
A special class of molecules that are important to many subfields in molecular dynamics and chemical physics, namely free radical molecules, now enjoy a significant degree of cente…
Phase Space Manipulation of Cold Free Radical OH Molecules
J. R. Bochinski, Eric R. Hudson, H. J. Lewandowski +2
We report bunching, slowing, and acceleration of a supersonically cooled beam of diatomic hydroxyl radicals (OH). \textit{In situ} observation of laser-induced fluorescence along t…