Joost M Bakker et al 2006 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39 S1111 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/39/19/S21
Joost M Bakker1,2,4, Michael Stoll2, Dennis R Weise3,5, Oliver Vogelsang3, Gerard Meijer2 and Achim Peters1
Show affiliationsWe report the successful buffer-gas cooling and magnetic trapping of chromium atoms with densities exceeding 1012 atoms per cm3 at a temperature of 350 mK for the trapped sample. The possibilities of extending the method to buffer-gas cool and magnetically trap molecules are discussed. To minimize the most important loss mechanism in magnetic trapping, molecules with a small spin–spin interaction and a large rotational constant are preferred. Both the CrH (6Σ+ ground state) and MnH (7Σ+) radicals appear to be suitable systems for future experiments.
33.57.+c Magnetooptical and electrooptical spectra and effects
37.10.Mn Slowing and cooling of molecules
33.15.Mt Rotation, vibration, and vibration-rotation constants
Issue 19 (14 October 2006)
Received 3 April 2006, in final form 24 July 2006
Published 25 September 2006
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