Title
Producing cold and ultracold Cs2 and CsH molecules through photoassociation and reactions
Date of Completion
January 2001
Keywords
Physics, Molecular|Physics, Atomic
Degree
Ph.D.
Abstract
Several different experiments involving the making of cold and ultracold molecules are performed and proposed. Ultracold cesium molecules are produced in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) by photoassociation near the 6P j, 7Pj, 9S 1/2, 6D3/2, 7D3/2 and doubly excited asymptotes. Perturbation effects related to resonant channel coupling were observed in photoassociation spectra below the 6 P1/2 asymptote. Such effects are used to illustrate a ground state ultracold molecule formation mechanism, which can also be formed in one step photoassociation to the double minimum 31S+m state. In addition, a new technique of making cold molecules of cesium hydride is proposed, using a cold hydrogen beam source and a cesium MOT. Due to reaction energetics, the formed CsH molecules should be in their lowest rovibrational states. ^
Recommended Citation
Pichler, Marin, "Producing cold and ultracold Cs2 and CsH molecules through photoassociation and reactions" (2001). Doctoral Dissertations. AAI3034027.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/AAI3034027