A high phase-space-density gas of polar molecules

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5899, 2008, Pages 231-235

  Ni, K K ^a   Ospelkaus, S ^a   De Miranda, M H G ^a   Pe'er, A ^a   Neyenhuis, B ^a   Zirbel, J J ^a   Kotochigova, S ^b   Julienne, P S ^c   Jin, D S ^a   Ye, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RUBIDIUM; RUBIDIUM 87; STARK SPECTROSCOPY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; GAS; POTASSIUM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RUBIDIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADIABATICITY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; GAS ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SPACE DENSITY GAS ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRACOLD POLAR MOLECULE; VIBRATION;

EID: 53749106132     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1163861     Document Type: Article

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