TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser-coolable polyatomic molecules with heavy nuclei
AU - Isaev, T. A.
AU - Zaitsevskii, A. V.
AU - Eliav, E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/10/30
Y1 - 2017/10/30
N2 - Recently, a few diatomic and polyatomic molecules have been identified as prospective systems for Doppler/Sisyphus cooling. Doppler/Sisyphus cooling allows us to decrease the kinetic energy of molecules down to μK temperatures with high efficiency and allows their capture in molecular traps, including magneto-optical traps. Trapped molecules can be used for creating molecular fountains and/or performing controlled chemical reactions, high-precision spectra measurements, and a wealth of other applications. Polyatomic molecules with heavy nuclei are of considerable interest for the 'new physics' search outside of the Standard Model and other applications including cold chemistry and photochemistry, quantum informatics, etc. Here, we focus on the radium monohydroxide molecule (RaOH), which is on the one hand amenable to laser cooling and on the other hand opens excellent possibilities for -odd and -odd effects research. At present, RaOH is the heaviest polyatomic molecule proposed for direct cooling with lasers.
AB - Recently, a few diatomic and polyatomic molecules have been identified as prospective systems for Doppler/Sisyphus cooling. Doppler/Sisyphus cooling allows us to decrease the kinetic energy of molecules down to μK temperatures with high efficiency and allows their capture in molecular traps, including magneto-optical traps. Trapped molecules can be used for creating molecular fountains and/or performing controlled chemical reactions, high-precision spectra measurements, and a wealth of other applications. Polyatomic molecules with heavy nuclei are of considerable interest for the 'new physics' search outside of the Standard Model and other applications including cold chemistry and photochemistry, quantum informatics, etc. Here, we focus on the radium monohydroxide molecule (RaOH), which is on the one hand amenable to laser cooling and on the other hand opens excellent possibilities for -odd and -odd effects research. At present, RaOH is the heaviest polyatomic molecule proposed for direct cooling with lasers.
KW - electronic structure
KW - laser cooling
KW - parity violation
KW - spinorbit interaction
KW - transition moments
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U2 - 10.1088/1361-6455/aa8f34
DO - 10.1088/1361-6455/aa8f34
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AN - SCOPUS:85033662844
SN - 0953-4075
VL - 50
JO - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
JF - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
IS - 22
M1 - 225101
ER -