Ultracold Chemical Reactions of a Single Rydberg Atom in a Dense Gas

Schlagmüller, Michael; Liebisch, Tara Cubel; Engel, Felix; Kleinbach, Kathrin S.; Böttcher, Fabian; Hermann, Udo; Westphal, Karl M.; Gaj, Anita; Löw, Robert; Hofferberth, Sebastian; Pfau, Tilman; Pérez-Ríos, Jesús; Greene, Chris H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.031020

Ultracold Chemical Reactions of a Single Rydberg Atom in a Dense Gas

Journal Article · Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review. X

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.031020· OSTI ID:1288990

Schlagmüller, Michael; Liebisch, Tara Cubel; Engel, Felix; Kleinbach, Kathrin S.; Böttcher, Fabian; Hermann, Udo; Westphal, Karl M.; Gaj, Anita; Löw, Robert; Hofferberth, Sebastian; Pfau, Tilman; Pérez-Ríos, Jesús; Greene, Chris H.

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Research Organization:: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); Univ. of Stuttgart (Germany)

Sponsoring Organization:: Carl Zeiss Foundation (Germany); European Research Council (ERC) (Belgium); German Research Foundation (DFG) (Germany); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010545

OSTI ID:: 1288990

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1360091

Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 6; ISSN PRXHAE; ISSN 2160-3308

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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