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Preparation of an ultra-cold sample of ammonia molecules for precision measurements
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We present experiments in which an ultra-cold sample of ammonia molecules is released from an electrostatic trap and recaptured after a variable time. It is shown that, by performing adiabatic cooling before releasing the molecules and adiabatic re-compression after they are recaptured, we are able to observe molecules even after more than 10 ms of free expansion. A coherent measurement performed during this time will have a statistical uncertainty that decreases approximately as the inverse of the square root of the expansion time. This offers interesting prospects for high-resolution spectroscopy and precision tests of fundamental physics theories.
- Subjects :
- Physics - Chemical Physics
Physics - Atomic Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1405.2751
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2014.03.018