2014/02/12 by J. E. van den Berg, S. C. Mathavan, Sreekanth Chirayath Mathavan +9 · 41 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Atomic physics #Beam (structure) #Classical mechanics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Diatomic molecule #Kinetic energy #Mechanics #Molecular beam #Molecule #Optics #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Spectroscopy #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Supersonic speed #physics.atom-ph #physics.chem-ph
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1016/j.jms.2014.02.004
published in Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 300, 22-25 (Elsevier BV)
arxiv created 2014/02/12 · openalex publication_date 2014/03/01 · arxiv updated 2014/06/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We report on the production, deceleration and detection of a SrF molecular beam. The molecules are captured from a supersonic expansion and are decelerated in the X2Σ+ (v=0, N=1) state. We demonstrate the removal of up to 40% of the kinetic energy with a 2 meter long modular traveling-wave decelerator. Our results demonstrate a crucial step towards the preparation of ultracold gases of heavy diatomic molecules for precision spectroscopy.