Manipulation and control of molecular beams

SYT van de Meerakker, HL Bethlem… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The motion of neutral molecules in a beam can be manipulated and controlled with
inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields. Static fields can be used to deflect or focus …

Ultracold molecules and ultracold chemistry

MT Bell, T P. Softley - Molecular Physics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The recent development of a range of new methods for producing samples of gas-phase
molecules that are translationally cold (K) or ultracold (mK) is driving efforts to study reactive …

Experimental progress in positronium laser physics

DB Cassidy - The European Physical Journal D, 2018 - Springer
The field of experimental positronium physics has advanced significantly in the last few
decades, with new areas of research driven by the development of techniques for trap** …

Quo vadis, cold molecules?

J Doyle, B Friedrich, RV Krems… - The European Physical …, 2004 - Springer
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Taming molecular beams

SYT Van De Meerakker, HL Bethlem, G Meijer - Nature Physics, 2008 - nature.com
The motion of neutral molecules in a beam can be manipulated with inhomogeneous
electric and magnetic fields. Static fields can be used to deflect or focus molecules, whereas …

Deceleration and electrostatic trap** of OH radicals

SYT van de Meerakker, PHM Smeets, N Vanhaecke… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
A pulsed beam of ground state OH radicals is slowed down using a Stark decelerator and is
subsequently loaded into an electrostatic trap. Characterization of the molecular beam …

Ion-Molecule Reactions below 1 K: Strong Enhancement of the Reaction Rate of the Ion-Dipole Reaction

V Zhelyazkova, FBV Martins, JA Agner, H Schmutz… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The reaction between He+ and CH 3 F forming predominantly CH 2+ and CHF+ has been
studied at collision energies E coll between 0 and k B· 10 K in a merged-beam apparatus …

Cold and controlled molecular beams: Production and applications

J Jankunas, A Osterwalder - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The field of cold molecules has become an important source of new insight in fundamental
chemistry and molecular physics. High-resolution spectroscopy benefits from translationally …

Cold molecules: preparation, applications, and challenges

M Schnell, G Meijer - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Research with cold molecules has developed rapidly in recent years. There is now a variety
of established methods for cooling molecules into the millikelvin range. Nevertheless, a focal …

Demonstration of three-dimensional electrostatic trap** of state-selected rydberg atoms

SD Hogan, F Merkt - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
A three-dimensional trap for Rydberg atoms in selected Stark states has been realized
experimentally. H atoms seeded in a supersonic expansion of Ar are excited to the low-field …