Towards cold state-selected ion-molecule reactions

Thesis

In recent years there has been much progress in the field of cold and ultracold molecular physics and a variety of experimental techniques for producing cold matter now exist. In particular, the generation of trapped molecular ions at mK temperatures has been achieved by sympathetic-cooling with laser-cooled atomic ions. By implementing schemes to selectively prepare and control the internal quantum state of molecular ions, and developing detection techniques, it will be increasingly possi...

Expand abstract

Authors: Deb, N

• Publication date: 2014
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-zg54kknxm
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: quantised; state-selected; Ultracold; mass-spectrometry; ion-trapping; digital ion-trap; Cold molecules; BBR cooling
• Subjects: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry