Ultracold Polar Molecules

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

Ultracold gases are powerful model systems for exploring interesting quantum many-body phenomena, and ultracold polar molecules open the possibility of studying systems with long-range interactions. At JILA, we make fermionic KRb molecules starting from an ultracold gas mixture of K and Rb atoms. We have observed and investigated atom-exchange chemical reactions in the ultracold polar molecule gas, and we are exploring polar molecules in optical lattice traps.

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Authors

  • Deborah Jin

    JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado; Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, JILA, NIST, and University of Colorado, Boulder, JILA, JILA/University of Colorado