Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications
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- Describes the current state of the art in cold molecules
- Explores chemical applications of ultracold molecules
- Provides a comprehensive list of references to experimental and theoretical work on cold molecules
- Demonstrates how tabletop experiments in atomic and molecular physics have generated a resonance in numerous areas of physics and chemistry
Summary
The First Book on Ultracold Molecules
Cold molecules offer intriguing properties on which new operational principles can be based (e.g., quantum computing) or that may allow researchers to study a qualitatively new behavior of matter (e.g., Bose-Einstein condensates structured by the electric dipole interaction). This interdisciplinary book discusses novel methods to create and confine molecules at temperatures near absolute zero (1 microKelvin to 1 Kelvin) and surveys the research done with and on cold molecules to date. It is evident that this research has irreversibly changed atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information science. Its impact on condensed-matter physics, astrophysics, and physical chemistry is becoming apparent as well. This monograph provides seasoned researchers as well as students entering the field with a valuable companion, one which, in addition, will help to foster their identity within their institutions and the physics and chemistry communities at large.
Features a foreword by Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach
Table of Contents
COLD COLLISONS
Theory of Cold Atomic and Molecular Collisions, J.M. Hutson
Electric Dipoles at Ultralow Temperatures, J.L. Bohn
Inelastic Collisions and Chemical Reactions of Molecules at Ultracold Temperatures, G. Quéméner, N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno
Effects of External Electromagnetic Fields on Collisions of Molecules at Low Temperatures, T.V. Tscherbul and R.V. Krems
PHOTOASSOCIATION
Ultracold Molecule Formation by Photoassociation, W.C. Stwalley, P.L. Gould, and E.E. Eyler
Molecular States Near a Collision Threshold, P.S. Julienne
Prospects for Control of Ultracold Molecule Formation via Photoassociation with Chirped Laser Pulses, E. Luc-Koenig and F. Masnou-Seeuws
Adiabatic Raman Photoassociation with Shaped Laser Pulses, E.A. Shapiro and M. Shapiro
FEW- AND MANY-BODY PHYSICS
Ultracold Feshbach Molecules, F. Ferlaino, S. Knoop, and R. Grimm
Molecular Regimes in Ultracold Fermi Gases, D.S. Petrov, C. Salomon, and G.V. Shlyapnikov
Theory of Ultracold Feshbach Molecules, T.M. Hanna, H. Martay and T. Köhler
Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules, G. Pupillo, A. Micheli, H.P. Büchler, and P. Zoller
COOLING AND TRAPPING
Cooling, Trap Loading, and Beam Production Using a Cryogenic Helium Buffer Gas, W.C. Campbell and J.M. Doyle
Slowing, Trapping, and Storing of Polar Molecules by Means of Electric Fields, S.Y.T. van de Meerakker, H.L. Bethlem, and G. Meijer
TESTS OF FUNDAMENTAL LAWS
Preparation and Manipulation of Molecules for Fundamental Physics Tests, M.R. Tarbutt, J.J. Hudson, B.E. Sauer, and E.A. Hinds
Variation of the Fundamental Constants as Revealed by Molecules: Astrophysical Observations and Laboratory Experiments, V.V. Flambaum and M.G. Kozlov
QUANTUM COMPUTING
Quantum Information Processing with Ultracold Polar Molecules, S.F. Yelin, D. DeMille, and R. Côté
COLD MOLECULAR IONS
Sympathetically Cooled Molecular Ions: From Principles to First Applications, B. Roth and S. Schiller
Index
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