The motion of neutral molecules in a beam can be manipulated and controlled with
inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields. Static fields can be used to deflect or focus …

The goal of the present article is to review the major developments that have led to the
current understanding of molecule–field interactions and experimental methods for …

Cold chemistry 1, 2 is an emerging field with many theoretical predictions and very few
experiments. 3− 5 Traditionally, cold chemistry has been pursued by the chemical physics …

The field of cold molecules has become an important source of new insight in fundamental
chemistry and molecular physics. High-resolution spectroscopy benefits from translationally …

A tutorial for calculating the response of molecules to electric and magnetic fields with
examples from research in ultracold physics, controlled chemistry, and molecular collisions …

This chapter focuses on the application of controlled‐molecule techniques for precise
studies of ion‐molecule reactions in the gas phase. It gives an overview of the most …

In the past two decades, the revolutionary technologies of creating cold and ultracold
molecules have provided cutting-edge experiments for studying the fundamental …

Molecules can be used to test fundamental physics. Such tests often require cold molecules
for detailed spectroscopic analysis. Cooling internal degrees of freedom provides a high …

A novel traveling-wave Zeeman decelerator based on a double-helix coil geometry capable
of decelerating paramagnetic molecules with high efficiency is presented. Moving magnetic …

A surface-electrode decelerator and deflector for Rydberg atoms and molecules has been
developed with the goal of performing collisional experiments. Translationally cold H 2 …