Observation of Feshbach-like resonances in collisions between ultracold molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Chin, C ^a,c   Kraemer, T ^a   Mark, M ^a   Herbig, J ^a   Waldburger, P ^a   Nagerl H C ^a   Grimm, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Inst fur Quantenoptik und Q   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); INELASTIC COLLISION; MOLECULAR OPTICS; ULTRACOLD DIMERS;

BINDING ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; GROUND STATE; LASER TUNING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 18144401324     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.123201     Document Type: Article

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