TY - JOUR
KW - pfc
AU - B. Sawyer
AU - B. Lev
AU - E. Hudson
AU - B. Stuhl
AU - Manuel Lara
AU - John Bohn
AU - Jun Ye
AB - We report magnetic confinement of neutral, ground state OH at a density of ∼3×103  cm-3 and temperature of ∼30  mK. An adjustable electric field sufficiently large to polarize the OH is superimposed on the trap in various geometries, making an overall potential arising from both Zeeman and Stark effects. An effective molecular Hamiltonian is constructed, with Monte Carlo simulations accurately modeling the observed single-molecule dynamics in various trap configurations. Magnetic trapping of cold polar molecules under adjustable electric fields may enable study of low energy dipolar interactions.
BT - Physical Review Letters
DA - 2007-06
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.253002
N2 - We report magnetic confinement of neutral, ground state OH at a density of ∼3×103  cm-3 and temperature of ∼30  mK. An adjustable electric field sufficiently large to polarize the OH is superimposed on the trap in various geometries, making an overall potential arising from both Zeeman and Stark effects. An effective molecular Hamiltonian is constructed, with Monte Carlo simulations accurately modeling the observed single-molecule dynamics in various trap configurations. Magnetic trapping of cold polar molecules under adjustable electric fields may enable study of low energy dipolar interactions.
PY - 2007
EP - 253002
T2 - Physical Review Letters
TI - Magnetoelectrostatic Trapping of Ground State OH Molecules
VL - 98
SN - 0031-9007
ER -