Universal Rate Constants for Reactive Collisions of Ultracold Molecules
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Universal rate constants for reactive collisions of ultracold molecules.
A simple quantum-defect model gives analytic expressions for the complex scattering length and threshold collision rates of ultracold molecules. If the probability of reaction in the short-range part of the collision is high, the model gives universal rate constants for s- and p-wave collisions that are independent of short-range dynamics. This model explains the magnitudes of the recently meas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.113202