Mechanism of Collisional Spin Relaxation in \(^3\)Σ Molecules
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Wesley C. Campbell,* Timur V. Tscherbul, Hsin-I Lu, Edem Tsikata, Roman V. Krems, and John M. Doyle Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (Received 2 April 2008; published 6 January 2009)
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