We report the first observation of translationally cold (90 microK) Rb2 molecules. They are produced in a magneto-optical trap in their triplet ground state. The detection is performed by selective mass spectroscopy after two-photon ionization into Rb2 +, resonantly enhanced through the intermediate molecular band. The two rubidium isotopes present very different types of behavior that are interpreted in terms of their respective collisional properties.

Cold rubidium molecules formed in a magneto-optical trap

C Gabbanini;A Fioretti;A Lucchesini;S Gozzini;M Mazzoni
2000

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We report the first observation of translationally cold (90 microK) Rb2 molecules. They are produced in a magneto-optical trap in their triplet ground state. The detection is performed by selective mass spectroscopy after two-photon ionization into Rb2 +, resonantly enhanced through the intermediate molecular band. The two rubidium isotopes present very different types of behavior that are interpreted in terms of their respective collisional properties.
2000
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - INO
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