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Slow, Continuous Beams of Large Gas Phase Molecules

Chemical Physics 2014-07-21 v1

Abstract

Cold, continuous, high flux beams of benzonitrile, fluorobenzine, and anisole have been created. Buffer-gas cooling with a cryogenic gas provides the cooling and slow forward beam velocities. The beam of benzonitrile was measured to have a forward velocity peaked at 67 ±5\pm 5 m s1^{-1}, and a continuous flux of 101510^{15} molecules s1^{-1}. These beams provide a continuous source for high resolution spectroscopy, and provide an attractive starting point for further spatial manipulation of such molecules, including eventual trapping.

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@article{arxiv.1407.4823,
  title  = {Slow, Continuous Beams of Large Gas Phase Molecules},
  author = {David Patterson and John M. Doyle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4823},
  year   = {2014}
}
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