Inelastic collisions and chemical reactions of molecules at ultracold temperatures

Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 69-124

  Quéméner, Goulven ^a   Balakrishnan, Naduvalath ^a   Dalgarno, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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