A spectroscopic determination of scattering lengths for sodium atom collisions

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-520

  Tiesinga, Eite ^a,d,e   Williams, Carl J ^a,b,d   Julienne, Paul S ^a,d   Jones, Kevin M ^a,c,d   Lett, Paul D ^a,d   Phillips, William D ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Natl Inst of Std and Technology

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laser cooling; Photoassociation spectroscopy; Scattering length; Spectral line shapes; Ultracold sodium atom collisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000700141     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.101.051     Document Type: Article

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