no code implementations • 5 Jan 2021 • S. Jurgilas, A. Chakraborty, C. J. H. Rich, L. Caldwell, H. J. Williams, N. J. Fitch, B. E. Sauer, Matthew D. Frye, Jeremy M. Hutson, M. R. Tarbutt
When the atoms are prepared in the spin-stretched state and the molecules in the spin-stretched component of the first rotationally excited state, they collide inelastically with a rate coefficient of $k_2 = (6. 6 \pm 1. 5) \times 10^{-11}$ cm$^{3}$/s at temperatures near 100~$\mu$K.
Atomic Physics