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View SchemaInfluence of magnetic fields on cold collisions of polar molecules
| Authors | Christopher Ticknor, John L. Bohn |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0410023 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0410023 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.022709 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 71, 22709 (2005) |
Abstract
We consider cold collisions of OH molecules in the $^2\Pi_{3/2}$ grounds state, under the influnce of a magnetic field. We find that modest fields of several thousand gauss can act to suppress inelastic collisions of weak-field seeking states by two orders of magnitude. We attribute this suppression to two factors: (i) An indirect coupling of the entrance and the exit channel, in contrast to the effect of an applied electric field; and (ii) the realtive motion of the entrance and exit scattering thresholds. In view of these results, magnetic trapping of OH may prove feasible.
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