Lewandowski Group

Our lab studies elastic and inelastic collisions between atoms and molecules in the cold temperature regime to understand how the collision energy and quantum states impact the interactions.

We are in the process of combining apparatuses to study cold ion-neutral reactions.

Reactions of cold ions with warm neutrals

Measuring the vibrational spectra of cold, isolated molecules using a mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy setup

Generation of cold, isolated molecules using a Cryogenic Buffer-Gas Beam (CBGB)

The traveling wave decelerator utilizes ring electrodes charged to voltages that vary sinusoidially both in space and time.