Efficient formation of strongly bound ultracold cesium molecules by photoassociation with tunneling
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We calculate the rates of formation and detection of ultracold Cs2 molecules obtained from the photoassociation of ultracold atoms through the doublewell 0−g (6S1/2 + 6P3/2) state. We concentrate on two features previously observed experimentally and attributed to tunneling between the two wells [Vatasescu et al 2000 Phys. Rev. A 61 044701]. We show that the molecules obtained are in strongly bound levels (v = 5, 6) of the metastable aΣu (6S1/2+6S1/2) ground electronic state. Submitted to: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. Ultracold cesium molecules by photoassociation with tunneling 2
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