Observation of dipolar spin-exchange interactions with lattice-confined polar molecules

Nature

Volumn 501, Issue 7468, 2013, Pages 521-525

  Yan, Bo ^a   Moses, Steven A ^a   Gadway, Bryce ^a   Covey, Jacob P ^a   Hazzard, Kaden R A ^a   Rey, Ana Maria ^a   Jin, Deborah S ^a   Ye, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENTROPY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84885161021     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12483     Document Type: Article

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