Published 2001 | Version v1
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Cold collisions between laser-cooled magnesium atoms

Creators

  • 1. Copenhagen Univ. (Denmark). H.C. Oersted Inst.
  • 2. Helsinki Univ. (Finland). Helsinki Inst. of Physics
  • 3. Dept. of Applied Physics, Univ. of Turku (Finland)
  • 4. Dept. of Computational Science, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
  • 5. National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

Description

Light-assisted inelastic cold collisions are the main loss process for neutral atoms trapped and laser cooled in magneto-optical traps. Alkaline earth atoms do not have hyperfine structure, which is expected to make the comparison between theoretical predictions and experimental results much easier, compared to the case of alkali-metal atoms. We present here a numerical calculation for the loss rates in a weak laser field for cold magnesium atoms. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Scripta. T
Journal Volume
95
Journal Page Range
p. 58-61
ISSN
0281-1847

Conference

Title
32. meeting of the European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy (EGAS)
Dates
4-7 Jul 2000
Place
Vilnius (Lithuania)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
Sweden
INIS RN
33000500
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INELASTIC SCATTERING; LASER RADIATION; LOSSES; MAGNESIUM
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; METALS; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING