Can Nitric Oxide be Evaporatively Cooled in its Ground State?

Cold collisions of \(^{14}\)N\(^{16}\)O molecules in the \(^{2}\Pi_{1/2}\) ground state, subject to electric and magnetic fields, are investigated. It is found that elastic collision rates significantly exceed state-changing inelastic rates only at temperatures above 0.5 K at laboratory strength fie...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Augustovičová, Lucie D, Bohn, John L
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 09.08.2017
Subjects
Collision rates
Elastic scattering
Evaporative cooling
Ground state
Magnetic fields
Nitric oxide
Physics - Atomic Physics
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Summary:Cold collisions of \(^{14}\)N\(^{16}\)O molecules in the \(^{2}\Pi_{1/2}\) ground state, subject to electric and magnetic fields, are investigated. It is found that elastic collision rates significantly exceed state-changing inelastic rates only at temperatures above 0.5 K at laboratory strength fields. It is found, however, that in very large fields \(> 10^{4}\) V/cm, inelastic rates can be somewhat suppressed. Magnetic fields have negligible influence on scattering for this nearly non-magnetic state.
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ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1708.02875