Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Explanation of efficient quenching of molecular ion vibrational motion by ultracold atoms

  • Thierry Stoecklin,
  • Philippe Halvick,
  • Mohamed Achref Gannouni,
  • Majdi Hochlaf,
  • Svetlana Kotochigova,
  • Eric R. Hudson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11234
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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To exploit the internal structure of molecules it is necessary to reach very low temperatures, but this is made impractical by long relaxation times for molecular vibrations. Here the authors provide a theoretical description for the existence of a large class of systems exhibiting efficient vibrational cooling.