Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions
<p>Cold collisions of light molecules are often dominated by a single partial wave resonance. For the rotational quenching of HD (<em>v</em> = 1, <em>j</em> = 2) by collisions with ground state <em>para</em>-H<sub>2</sub>, the process is dominate...
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2019
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| author | Jambrina, PG Croft, JFE Guo, H Brouard, M Balakrishnan, N Aoiz, FJ |
| author_facet | Jambrina, PG Croft, JFE Guo, H Brouard, M Balakrishnan, N Aoiz, FJ |
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| description | <p>Cold collisions of light molecules are often dominated by a single partial wave resonance. For the rotational quenching of HD (<em>v</em> = 1, <em>j</em> = 2) by collisions with ground state <em>para</em>-H<sub>2</sub>, the process is dominated by a single <em>L</em> = 2 partial wave resonance centered around 0.1 K. Here, we show that this resonance can be switched on or off simply by appropriate alignment of the HD rotational angular momentum relative to the initial velocity vector, thereby enabling complete control of the collision outcome.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f597ba3a-fb7e-40a4-b4d7-364bb5726f932022-03-27T12:28:27ZStereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f597ba3a-fb7e-40a4-b4d7-364bb5726f93EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Physical Society2019Jambrina, PGCroft, JFEGuo, HBrouard, MBalakrishnan, NAoiz, FJ<p>Cold collisions of light molecules are often dominated by a single partial wave resonance. For the rotational quenching of HD (<em>v</em> = 1, <em>j</em> = 2) by collisions with ground state <em>para</em>-H<sub>2</sub>, the process is dominated by a single <em>L</em> = 2 partial wave resonance centered around 0.1 K. Here, we show that this resonance can be switched on or off simply by appropriate alignment of the HD rotational angular momentum relative to the initial velocity vector, thereby enabling complete control of the collision outcome.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Jambrina, PG Croft, JFE Guo, H Brouard, M Balakrishnan, N Aoiz, FJ Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
| title | Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
| title_full | Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
| title_fullStr | Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
| title_short | Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
| title_sort | stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions |
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