Vibrational quenching of the electronic ground state in ThO in cold collisions with [superscript 3]He

We measure the ratio γ of the momentum transfer–to–vibrational quenching cross section for molecular thorium monoxide (ThO) [X([superscript 1]Σ[superscript +]), v = 1, J = 0] in collisions with atomic helium between 800 mK and 2.4 K. We find γ ∼ 10[superscript 4]. We also observe indirect evidence f...

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Main Authors: Au, Yat Shan, Connolly, Colin B., Ketterle, Wolfgang, Doyle, John M.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89206
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3044