Abstract
Cold collisions of molecules in the ground state, subject to electric and magnetic fields, are investigated. It is found that elastic collision rates significantly exceed state-changing inelastic rates only at temperatures above 0.5 K at laboratory-strength fields. It is found, however, that in very large fields, V/cm, inelastic rates can be somewhat suppressed. Magnetic fields have a negligible influence on scattering for this nearly nonmagnetic state.
- Received 8 August 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.042712
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