Slow beams of massive molecules
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Biological Physics
Chemical Physics
Abstract
Slow beams of neutral molecules are of great interest for a wide range of applications, from cold chemistry through precision measurements to tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics. We report on the quantitative observation of thermal beams of perfluorinated macromolecules with masses up to 6000 amu, reaching velocities down to 11 m/s. Such slow, heavy and neutral molecular beams are of importance for a new class of experiments in matter-wave interferometry and we also discuss the requirements for further manipulation and cooling schemes with molecules in this unprecedented mass range.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.1449,
title = {Slow beams of massive molecules},
author = {Sarayut Deachapunya and Paul J. Fagan and Andras G. Major and Elisabeth Reiger and Helmut Ritsch and Andre Stefanov and Hendrik Ulbricht and Markus Arndt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.1449},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 6 figures