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Title: Reactions of ultracold alkali-metal dimers

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)

We investigate the energetics of reactions involving pairs of alkali-metal dimers. Atom exchange reactions to form homonuclear dimers are energetically allowed for some but not all of the heteronuclear dimers. We carry out high-level electronic structure calculations on the potential energy surfaces of all the heteronuclear alkali-metal trimers and show that trimer formation reactions are always energetically forbidden for low-lying singlet states of the dimers. The results have important implications for the stability of quantum gases of alkali-metal dimers.

OSTI ID:
21407874
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.060703; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English