Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Associative detachment in anion-atom reactions involving a dipole-bound electron

  • Saba Zia Hassan,
  • Jonas Tauch,
  • Milaim Kas,
  • Markus Nötzold,
  • Henry López Carrera,
  • Eric S. Endres,
  • Roland Wester,
  • Matthias Weidemüller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28382-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Associative electronic detachment (AED) reactions of anions play a key role in many natural processes. Here, Hassan and colleagues investigate AED reactions between hydroxyl anions and ultracold rubidium atoms in a hybrid atom-ion trap, revealing different dynamics for collisions with ground and electronically excited state rubidium.