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Grid methods for cold molecules : determination of photoassociation lineshapes and rate constants

S. Kallush, R. Kosloff, F. Masnou-Seeuws

physics.chem-pharXiv:physics/0701123

Abstract

A description of photoassociation by CW laser is formulated in the framework of grid methods. The Hamiltonian describing one or several bound states coupled to a multiple of continuum manifolds via a radiative field is written in the energy representation and diagonalized. The generality of the treatment allows to compute accurately and efficiently physical properties such as non-linear high-intensity energy shifts, line shapes, and photoassociation rates both for isolated and non-isolated resonances. Application is given to sodium photoassociation in the experimental conditions of Mc Kenzie et al [Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 090403 (2002)]. Inverted region for the dependency of the rate vs. the intensity and non-symmetric lineshapes were predicted to occur above the saturation limit. Comparison with the model of Bohn and Julienne [Phys. Rev. A 60, 414 (1999)] is discussed.

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