JILA Thesis Defense

Degenerate Polar Molecules with Controlled Interactions and Reactivity.

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Abstract: Ultracold polar molecules, which have complex internal state structures and dipole moments tunable with external electric fields, are a promising system for studying many-body physics. Producing degenerate molecules and observing quantum effects has been prevented by high initial temperatures and rapid loss from chemical reactions. In this talk, I describe the creation of degenerate potassium-rubidium (KRb) molecules by pairing in an atomic mixture.

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