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Interactions and dynamics in Li+Li2 ultracold collisions

Cvitaš, Marko T.; Soldán, Pavel; Hutson, Jeremy M.; Honvault, Pascal; Launay, Jean-Michel

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Authors

Marko T. Cvitaš

Pavel Soldán

Pascal Honvault

Jean-Michel Launay



Abstract

A potential energy surface for the lowest quartet electronic state (A′4) of lithium trimer is developed and used to study spin-polarized Li+Li2collisions at ultralow kinetic energies. The potential energy surface allows barrierless atom exchange reactions. Elastic and inelastic cross sections are calculated for collisions involving a variety of rovibrational states of Li2. Inelastic collisions are responsible for trap loss in molecule production experiments. Isotope effects and the sensitivity of the results to details of the potential energy surface are investigated. It is found that for vibrationally excited states, the cross sections are only quite weakly dependent on details of the potential energy surface.

Citation

Cvitaš, M. T., Soldán, P., Hutson, J. M., Honvault, P., & Launay, J. (2007). Interactions and dynamics in Li+Li2 ultracold collisions. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 127(7), Article 074302. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2752162

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 1, 2007
Publication Date Aug 21, 2007
Deposit Date Jun 19, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Chemical Physics
Print ISSN 0021-9606
Electronic ISSN 1089-7690
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 127
Issue 7
Article Number 074302
DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2752162

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© 2007 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in The Journal of Chemical Physics 127, 074302 (2007) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2752162




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