Cold dipolar collisions in magnetically trapped OH
ORAL
Abstract
A major open question in cold molecular physics is the universality of dipole-dipole scattering in real molecules. So far, the relationship between dipole strength and scattering cross-section has been investigated in only one system, ultracold KRb in its absolute ground state. We now report evidence for inelastic dipole-dipole scattering in magnetically trapped metastable OH molecules under a polarizing electric field, with an apparent $d^2$ dependence rather than the $d^6$ law observed in optically trapped KRb.
*We acknowledge funding from the AFOSR-MURI on Cold Molecules and the NSF.
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