ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS LABORATORY
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NAREVICIUS GROUP ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS LABORATORY |
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We are developing new and general methods of molecular cooling and slowing. Our motivation is to investigate chemical reactions at low to ultra-low temperatures. In this unexplored regime quantum mechanical effects become dominant and reaction rates and outcome can be controlled with externally applied static fields. Another important application of our methods will be to slow and trap molecules that are relevant to experiments that test fundamental laws of physics. The heart of our experiment is the atomic and molecular coilgun that allows us to stop a fast beam of cold paramagnetic molecules or atoms by interaction with time dependent magnetic fields. Coupled with the single photon cooling technique it will allow us to trap and cool molecules to microkelvin temperatures. |
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Department of Chemical Physics
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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