High-resolution imaging of C + He collisions using Zeeman deceleration and VUV detectionHigh-resolution measurements of angular scattering distributions provide a sensitive test for theoretical descriptions of collision processes. Crossed beam experiments employing a decelerator and…Vikram Plomp, Xu-Dong Wang, François Lique et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of an atom interferometer in the quasi-Bragg regimeWe provide a comprehensive study of ultra-cold atom diffraction by an optical lattice. We focus on an intermediate regime between the Raman-Nath and the Bragg regimes, the so-called quasi-Bragg…Ashley Béguin, Tangui Rodzinka, Jacques Vigué et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
Electronic structure effects in the electron bremsstrahlung from heavy ionsA fully relativistic approach is presented for the calculation of the bremsstrahlung emitted by an electron scattered off an ionic target. The ionic target is described as a combination of an…M. E. Groshev, V. A. Zaytsev, V. A. Yerokhin et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
Role of Spin-Orbit Coupling in High-order Harmonic Generation Revealed by Super-Cycle Rydberg TrajectoriesHigh-harmonic generation is typically thought of as a sub-laser-cycle process, with the electron's excursion in the continuum lasting a fraction of the optical cycle. However, it was recently…Nicola Mayer, Samuel Beaulieu, Alvaro Jimenez-Galan et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
Momentum scalar triple product as a measure of chirality in electron ionization dynamics of strongly-driven atomsWe formulate a transparent measure that quantifies chirality in single electron ionization triggered in atoms, which are achiral systems. We do so in the context of Ar driven by a new type of optical…G. P. Katsoulis, Z. Dube, P. Corkum et al.·Dec 5, 2021SaveLearn
Imprinting chirality on atoms using synthetic chiral light fieldsAtoms are usually thought of as achiral objects. However, one can construct superpositions of atomic states that are chiral [1]. Here we show how to excite such superpositions with tailored light…Nicola Mayer, Serguei Patchkovskii, Felipe Morales et al.·Dec 5, 2021SaveLearn
Laser-coolable AcOH+ ion for CP-violation searchesThe AcOH+ molecular ion is identified as a prospective system to search for CP-violation effects. According to our study AcOH+ belongs to the class of laser-coolable polyatomic…Alexander V. Oleynichenko, Leonid V. Skripnikov, Andréi V. Zaitsevskii et al.·Dec 4, 2021SaveLearn
Rotating and vibrating symmetric top molecule RaOCH3 in the fundamental P, T-violation searchesWe study the influence of the rotations and vibrations of the symmetric top RaOCH3 molecule on its effectiveness as a probe for the P and T-violating effects, such as the…Anna Zakharova·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
Effect of laser polarization on atomic and ionic emission in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has become a proven contemporary workhorse for qualitative and quantitative analysis of materials. Recent developments in LIBS have been limited either to…U. K. Adarsh, V. K. Unnikrishnan, Parinda Vasa et al.·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
An optical tweezer array of ground-state polar moleculesFully internal and motional state controlled and individually manipulable polar molecules are desirable for many quantum science applications leveraging the rich state space and intrinsic…Jessie T. Zhang, Lewis R. B. Picard, William B. Cairncross et al.·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
Superradiance-assisted two-color Doppler cooling of moleculesFor experiments that require a quantum system to be in the ultra-cold regime, laser cooling is an essential tool. While techniques for laser cooling ions and neutral atoms have been refined and…Caleb Heuvel-Horwitz, S. F. Yelin·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
Precision measurement of quasi-bound resonances in H2 and the H + H scattering lengthQuasi-bound resonances of H2 are produced via two-photon photolysis of H2S molecules as reactive intermediates or transition states, and detected before decay of the parent molecule into three…K. F. Lai, E. J. Salumbides, M. Beyer et al.·Dec 1, 2021SaveLearn
Propensity rules for photoelectron circular dichroism in strong field ionization of chiral moleculesChiral molecules ionized by circularly polarized fields produce a photoelectron current orthogonal to the polarization plane. This current has opposite directions for opposite enantiomers and…Andres F. Ordonez, Olga Smirnova·Dec 1, 2021SaveLearn
Laser excitation of the 1s-hyperfine transition in muonic hydrogenThe CREMA collaboration is pursuing a measurement of the ground-state hyperfine splitting (HFS) in muonic hydrogen (μp) with 1 ppm accuracy by means of pulsed laser spectroscopy to determine the…P. Amaro, A. Adamczak, M. Abdou Ahmed et al.·Nov 30, 2021SaveLearn
Measurements of blackbody radiation-induced transition rates between high-lying S, P and D Rydberg levelsWe report experimental measurements of the rates of blackbody radiation-induced transitions between high-lying (n>60) S, P and D Rydberg levels of rubidium atoms in a magneto-optical trap using a…Matteo Archimi, Matteo Ceccanti, Marco Distefano et al.·Nov 30, 2021SaveLearn
Influence of atomic modeling on electron capture and shaking processesOngoing experimental efforts to measure with unprecedented precision electron-capture probabilities challenges the current theoretical models. The short range of the weak interaction necessitates an…A. Andoche, L. Mouawad, P. -A. Hervieux et al.·Nov 30, 2021SaveLearn
Long-lived Bell states in an array of optical clock qubitsThe generation of long-lived entanglement on an optical clock transition is a key requirement to unlocking the promise of quantum metrology. Arrays of neutral atoms constitute a capable quantum…Nathan Schine, Aaron W. Young, William J. Eckner et al.·Nov 29, 2021SaveLearn
Efimovian states of three charged particlesWhen three particles in three dimensions interact with a short-range potential fine-tuned to an infinite scattering length, they form an infinite sequence of loosely bound states obeying discrete…Yusuke Nishida·Nov 29, 2021SaveLearn
Attosecond correlated electron dynamics at C60 giant plasmon resonanceFullerenes have unique physical and chemical properties that are associated with their delocalized conjugated electronic structure. Among them, there is a giant ultra-broadband - and therefore…Shubhadeep Biswas, Andrea Trabattoni, Philipp Rupp et al.·Nov 29, 2021SaveLearn
Quasi one-dimensional diffuse laser cooling of atomsWe demonstrate experimentally the generation of one-dimensional cold gases of 87Rb atoms by diffuse laser cooling (DLC). A horizontal slender vacuum glass tube with length of 105~cm and diameter…Jin-Yin Wan, Xin Wang, Xiao Zhang et al.·Nov 29, 2021SaveLearn
Muonium Lamb shift: theory update and experimental prospectsWe review the theory of the Lamb shift for muonium, provide an updated numerical value and present the prospects of the Mu-MASS collaboration at PSI to improve upon their recent measurement. Due to…Gianluca Janka, Ben Ohayon, Paolo Crivelli·Nov 27, 2021SaveLearn
Optimizing the Rydberg EIT spectrum in a thermal vaporWe present Rydberg-state electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT) measurements examining the effects of laser polarization, magnetic fields, laser intensities, and the optical density of the…Hsuan-Jui Su, Jia-You Liou, I-Chun Lin et al.·Nov 26, 2021SaveLearn
Precision spectroscopy of the hydrogen molecular ions: present status of theory and experimentWe review recent experiments on HD+ spectroscopy. The reduced proton-deuteron mass to electron mass ratio, μpd/me, is inferred from the comparison of theory and experiment. Theoretical…Vladimir I. Korobov·Nov 25, 2021SaveLearn
The Bohr-Weisskopf effect: from hydrogenlike-ion experiments to heavy-atom calculations of the hyperfine structureIn this paper we study the influence of electron screening on the Bohr-Weisskopf (BW) effect in many-electron atoms. The BW effect gives the finite-nucleus magnetization contribution to the hyperfine…B. M. Roberts, P. G. Ranclaud, J. S. M. Ginges·Nov 25, 2021SaveLearn
Super-accuracy calculation for the width of a Voigt profileA simple approximation scheme to describe the width of the Voigt profile as a function of the relative contributions of Gaussian and Lorentzian broadening is presented. The proposed approximation…Yihong Wang, Bin Zhou, Rong Zhao et al.·Nov 25, 2021SaveLearn