Abstract
We have demonstrated that supersonic beams of oxygen molecules in the ground rotational state were slowed to a near standstill by a linear Zeeman decelerator and successfully confined spatially in an anti-Helmholtz magnetic trap. The translational temperature of the decelerated molecules was about 800 mK. The demonstrated trapping capability of paramagnetic species opens up various possibilities for the investigation of cold collisions and reactions of various radicals in the sub-kelvin regime by spatially confining them in a magnetic trap.
- Received 15 October 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.021403
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