Reactions of ultracold alkali-metal dimers

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zuchowski, Piotr S ^a   Hutson, Jeremy M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI-METAL DIMERS; ATOM EXCHANGE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FORMATION REACTION; HETERONUCLEAR; HOMONUCLEAR DIMERS; LOW-LYING SINGLETS; QUANTUM GAS; ULTRA-COLD;

ALKALI METALS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

DIMERS;

EID: 77953778668     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.060703     Document Type: Article

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