Cold molecules : theory, experiment, applications

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

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Roman V. Krems, William C. Stwalley, Bretislav Friedrich

Jeremy M. HutsonJohn L. BohnGoulven Quéméner and Naduvalath Balakrishnan and Alexander DalgarnoTimur V. Tscherbul and Roman V. KremsWilliam C. Stwalley and Phillip L. Gould and Edward E. EylerPaul S. JulienneEliane Luc-Koening and Françoise Masnou-SeeuwsEvgeny A. Shapiro and Moshe ShapiroFrancesca Ferlaino and Steven Knoop and Rudolf GrimmDmitry S. Petrov and Christophe Salomon and Georgy V. ShlyapnikovThomas M. Hanna and Hugo Martay and Thorsten KöhlerGuido Pupillo and Andrea Micheli and Hans-Peter Büchler and Peter ZollerWesley C. Campbell and John M. DoyleSebastiaan Y.T. van de Meerakker and Hendrick L. Bethlem and Gerard MeijerMichael R. Tarbutt and Jony J. Hudson and Ben E. Sauer and Edward A. HindsVictor V. Flambaum and Mikhail G. KozlovSusanne F. Yelin and Dave DeMille and Robin CôtéBernhard Roth and Stephan Schiller

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
A Guided Tour of the Monograph	p. xiii
Editors	p. xxvii
Contributors	p. xxix
Part I Cold Collisions
Chapter 1 Theory of Cold Atomic and Molecular Collisions	p. 3
Chapter 2 Electric Dipoles at Ultralow Temperatures	p. 39
Chapter 3 Inelastic Collisions and Chemical Reactions of Molecules at Ultracold Temperatures	p. 69
Chapter 4 Effects of External Electromagnetic Fields on Collisions of Molecules at Low Temperatures	p. 125
Part II Photoassociation
Chapter 5 Ultracold Molecule Formation by Photoassociation	p. 169
Chapter 6 Molecular States Near a Collision Threshold	p. 221
Chapter 7 Prospects for Control of Ultracold Molecule Formation via Photoassociation with Chirped Laser Pulses	p. 245
Chapter 8 Adiabatic Raman Photoassociation with Shaped Laser Pulses	p. 291
Part III Few-and Many-Body Physics
Chapter 9 Ultracold Feshbach Molecules	p. 319
Chapter 10 Molecular Regimes in Ultracold Fermi Gases	p. 355
Chapter 11 Theory of Ultracold Feshbach Molecules	p. 399
Chapter 12 Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules	p. 421
Part IV Cooling and Trapping
Chapter 13 Cooling, Trap Loading, and Beam Production Using a Cryogenic Helium Buffer Gas	p. 473
Chapter 14 Slowing, Trapping, and Storing of Polar Molecules by Means of Electric Fields	p. 509
Part V Tests of Fundamental Laws
Chapter 15 Preparation and Manipulation of Molecules for Fundamental Physics Tests	p. 555
Chapter 16 Variation of Fundamental Constants as Revealed by Molecules: Astrophysical Observations and Laboratory Experiments	p. 597
Part VI Quantum Computing
Chapter 17 Quantum Information Processing with Ultracold Polar Molecules	p. 629
Part VII Cold Molecular Ions
Chapter 18 Sympathetically Cooled Molecular Ions: From Principles to First Applications	p. 651
Index	p. 705

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