Observation of Cold Collisions between Trapped Ions and Trapped Atoms

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Orucevic, Fedja; Cetina, Marko; Vuletic, Vladan; Grier, Andrew Todd
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Abstract
We study cold collisions between trapped ions and trapped atoms in the semiclassical (Langevin) regime. Using Yb(+) ions confined in a Paul trap and Yb atoms in a magneto-optical trap, we investigate charge-exchange collisions of several isotopes over three decades of collision energies down to 3  μeV (k[subscript B]×35  mK). The minimum measured rate coefficient of 6×10(-10)  cm(3) s(-1) is in good agreement with that derived from a Langevin model for an atomic polarizability of 143 a.u.
Date issued
2009-06
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51731
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Grier, Andrew T. et al. “Observation of Cold Collisions between Trapped Ions and Trapped Atoms.” Physical Review Letters 102.22 (2009): 223201. (C) 2010 The American Physical Society.
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0031-9007
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