Can Nitric Oxide be Evaporatively Cooled in its Ground State?

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Augustovičová, Lucie D, Bohn, John L
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...