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dc.creatorStoecklin, T
dc.creatorHalvick, P
dc.creatorGannouni, MA
dc.creatorHochlaf, M
dc.creatorKotochigova, S
dc.creatorHudson, ER
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-27T21:42:11Z
dc.date.available2021-01-27T21:42:11Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-18
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.otherDJ5ZR (isidoc)
dc.identifier.other27088647 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/5061
dc.description.abstractBuffer gas cooling of molecules to cold and ultracold temperatures is a promising technique for realizing a host of scientific and technological opportunities. Unfortunately, experiments using cryogenic buffer gases have found that although the molecular motion and rotation are quickly cooled, the molecular vibration relaxes at impractically long timescales. Here, we theoretically explain the recently observed exception to this rule: efficient vibrational cooling of BaCl+ by a laser-cooled Ca buffer gas. We perform intense close-coupling calculations that agree with the experimental result, and use both quantum defect theory and a statistical capture model to provide an intuitive understanding of the system. This result establishes that, in contrast to the commonly held opinion, there exists a large class of systems that exhibit efficient vibrational cooling and therefore supports a new route to realize the long-sought opportunities offered by molecular structure.
dc.format.extent11234-
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.haspartNature Communications
dc.relation.isreferencedbySpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
dc.titleExplanation of efficient quenching of molecular ion vibrational motion by ultracold atoms
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.genreJournal Article
dc.relation.doi10.1038/ncomms11234
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dc.date.updated2021-01-27T21:42:08Z
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-27T21:42:12Z


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