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Rotational Alignment Decay and Decoherence of Molecular Superrotors
Benjamin A. Stickler, Farhad T. Ghahramani, Klaus Hornberger
We present the quantum master equation describing the coherent and incoherent dynamics of a rapidly rotating molecule in presence of a thermal background gas. The master equation r…
Probing Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions with Nanorotors
Benjamin A. Stickler, Birthe Papendell, Stefan Kuhn +4
Whether quantum physics is universally valid is an open question with far-reaching implications. Intense research is therefore invested into testing the quantum superposition princ…
Gas-induced friction and diffusion of rigid rotors
Lukas Martinetz, Klaus Hornberger, Benjamin A. Stickler
We derive the Boltzmann equation for the rotranslational dynamics of an arbitrary convex rigid body in a rarefied gas. It yields as a limiting case the Fokker-Planck equation accou…
Levitated electromechanics: all-electrical cooling of charged nano- and micro-particles
Daniel Goldwater, Benjamin A. Stickler, Lukas Martinetz +3
We show how charged levitated nano- and micro-particles can be cooled by interfacing them with an circuit. All-electrical levitation and cooling is applicable to a wide range…