Efficient formation of strongly bound ultracold cesium molecules by photoassociation with tunneling
Atomic Physics
2007-05-23 v2 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We calculate the rates of formation and detection of ultracold Cs_2 molecules obtained from the photoassociation of ultracold atoms through the double-well 0g- (6S1/2 + 6P3/2) state. We concentrate on two features previously observed experimentally and attributed to tunneling between the two wells [Vatasescu et al 2000 Phys. Rev. A 61 044701]. We show that the molecules obtained are in strongly bound levels (v''=5,6) of the metastable a3Sigma_u+ (6S1/2 + 6S1/2) ground electronic state.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0604139,
title = {Efficient formation of strongly bound ultracold cesium molecules by photoassociation with tunneling},
author = {Mihaela Vatasescu and Claude M. Dion and Olivier Dulieu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604139},
year = {2007}
}
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15 pages with 7 figures