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 …

Employing a two-stage cryogenic buffer gas cell, we produce a cold, hydrodynamically
extracted beam of calcium monohydride molecules with a near effusive velocity distribution …

Only bosonic molecular species have been directly laser cooled to date, primarily due to an
abundance of bosonic isotopes in nature and to their simpler hyperfine structure. Fermionic …

We report the creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate using buffer-gas cooling, the first
realization of Bose-Einstein condensation using a broadly general method which relies …

Trapping and cooling of neutral particles, starting 23 years ago with the first magnetic
trapping of an atom [1], has completely transformed the toolbox of atomic, molecular, and …

Using helium buffer gas cooling, we have prepared dense samples of ground-state
molecular calcium monohydride (CaH X 2Σ) at cryogenic temperatures. We have used …

Inelastic collision processes driven by anisotropic interactions are investigated below 1 K.
Three distinct experiments are presented. First, for the atomic species antimony (Sb), rapid …

A new technique for buffer gas loading is described. This technique greatly extends the
range of atoms and molecules that may be magnetically trapped at low temperature. The …

Abstract Development of novel methods of molecular cooling and progress towards a
general technique for molecular trapping are reported. Buffer-gas cooling of laser-ablated …

Inelastic scattering rates for magnetically trapped atomic chromium are determined for
temperatures of 2 mK and higher. It is found that the rate is very large (2× 10^− 9 cm^ 3/s at 4 …