Precision spectroscopy of positronium: Testing bound-state QED theory and the search for physics beyond the Standard Model

GS Adkins, DB Cassidy, J Pérez-Ríos - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Positronium (Ps) is an exotic hydrogenic atom composed of an electron bound to a positron
via the Coulomb force. Being composed of two low-mass leptons, positronium is, for all …

Ultracold chemistry as a testbed for few-body physics

T Karman, M Tomza, J Pérez-Ríos - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracold atoms, molecules and ions provide a unique playground to explore chemistry at
ultracold temperatures. In this Review, we discuss what makes these systems particularly …

Improving potential energy surfaces using measured Feshbach resonance states

KP Horn, LI Vazquez-Salazar, CP Koch, M Meuwly - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
The structure and dynamics of a molecular system is governed by its potential energy
surface (PES), representing the total energy as a function of the nuclear coordinates …

Shell-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates based on dual-species mixtures

A Wolf, P Boegel, M Meister, A Balaž, N Gaaloul… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Ultracold quantum gases confined in three-dimensional bubble traps are promising tools for
exploring many-body effects on curved manifolds. As an alternative to the conventional …

Observation of chemical reactions between a trapped ion and ultracold Feshbach dimers

H Hirzler, RS Lous, E Trimby, J Pérez-Ríos… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We measure chemical reactions between a single trapped Yb+ 174 ion and ultracold Li 2
dimers. This produces LiYb+ molecular ions that we detect via mass spectrometry. We …

Controlled expansion of shell-shaped Bose–Einstein condensates

P Boegel, A Wolf, M Meister… - Quantum Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Motivated by the recent experimental realization of ultracold quantum gases in shell
topology, we propose a straightforward implementation of matter-wave lensing techniques …

Trap-assisted complexes in cold atom-ion collisions

H Hirzler, E Trimby, R Gerritsma, A Safavi-Naini… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We theoretically investigate the trap-assisted formation of complexes in atom-ion collisions
and their impact on the stability of the trapped ion. The time-dependent potential of the Paul …

Ozone formation in ternary collisions: Theory and experiment reconciled

M Mirahmadi, J Pérez-Ríos, O Egorov, V Tyuterev… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The present Letter shows that the formation of ozone in ternary collisions O+ O 2+ M—the
primary mechanism of ozone formation in the stratosphere—at temperatures below 200 K …

Three-body recombination in physical chemistry

M Mirahmadi, J Pérez-Ríos - International Reviews in Physical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Three-body recombination, or ternary association, is a termolecular reaction in which three
particles collide, forming a bound state between two, whereas the third escapes freely …

Cold chemistry: a few-body perspective on impurity physics of a single ion in an ultracold bath

J Pérez-Ríos - Molecular Physics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Impurity physics is a traditional topic in condensed matter physics that nowadays is being
explored in the field of ultracold gases. Among the different classes of impurities, we focus …