Published July 2, 2004
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Journal article
Breaking van der Waals molecules with magnetic fields
Creators
- 1. Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, Department of Physics, Harvard University and Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
Description
It is demonstrated that weakly bound van der Waals complexes can dissociate in a magnetic field through coupling between the Zeeman levels. The Zeeman predissociation process is shown to be efficient and it can be controlled by external magnetic fields
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.013201;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0505044v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 93
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 013201-013201.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36020706
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULES; PREDISSOCIATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; ZEEMAN EFFECT
- Descriptors DEC
- DISSOCIATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society