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Title: Cold collisions between boson or fermion molecules

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Communications Research Laboratory, 4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795 (Japan)

We theoretically investigate collisions between electrostatically trapped cold polar molecules and compare boson and fermion isotopes. Evaporative cooling seems possible for fermion molecules as the ratio of the collision loss cross section to the elastic collision cross section (R) gets smaller as the molecular temperature T lowers. With boson molecules, R gets larger as T lowers, which makes evaporative cooling difficult. The elastic collision cross section between fermion molecules can be larger than that for boson molecules with certain conditions.

OSTI ID:
20640611
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 69, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.012709; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English