Multistage Zeeman deceleration of NH $X\,^3\Sigma^-$ radicals
Abstract
We report on the Zeeman deceleration of ground-state NH radicals, using a decelerator that consists of 100 pulsed solenoids and 100 permanent hexapoles. Packets of state-selected NH (, N=0, J=1) radicals are produced with final velocities ranging between 510 m/s and 150 m/s. The velocity distributions of the packets of NH exiting the Zeeman decelerator are probed using velocity map imaging detection. We present a new 1+2' resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization scheme for NH, that allows for velocity map imaging detection under ion recoil-free conditions. The packets of Zeeman-decelerated NH radicals, in combination with the new detection scheme, offer interesting prospects for the use of this important radical in high-resolution crossed-beam scattering experiments.
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@article{arxiv.1811.05942,
title = {Multistage Zeeman deceleration of NH $X\,^3\Sigma^-$ radicals},
author = {Vikram Plomp and Zhi Gao and Theo Cremers and Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.05942},
year = {2019}
}