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We report the homonuclear photoassociation (PA) of ultracold ${}^{52}mathrm{Cr}$ atoms in an optical dipole trap. This constitutes the first measurement of PA in an element with total electron spin $tilde{S}>1$. Although Cr, with its ${}^{7}mathrm{S}_{3}$ ground and ${}^{7}mathrm{P}_{4,3,2}$ excited states, is expected to have a complicated PA spectrum we show that a spin polarized cloud exhibits a remarkably simple PA spectrum when circularly polarized light is applied. Over a scan range of 20 GHz below the ${}^{7}mathrm{P}_{3}$ asymptote we observe two distinct vibrational series each following a LeRoy-Bernstein law for a $C_3 / R^{3}$ potential with excellent agreement. We determine the $C_3$ coefficients of the Hunds case c) relativistic adiabatic potentials to be -1.83$pm$0.02 a.u. and -1.46$pm$0.01a.u.. Theoretical non-rotating Movre-Pichler calculations enable a first assignment of the series to $Omega=6_u$ and $5_g$ potential energy curves. In a different set of experiments we disturb the selection rules by a transverse magnetic field which leads to additional PA series.
We have observed short-range photoassociation of LiRb to the two lowest vibrational states of the $d,^3Pi$ potential. These $d,^3Pi$ molecules then spontaneously decay to vibrational levels of the $a^3,Sigma^+$ state with generation rates of $sim10^3
Penning ionization reactions in merged beams with precisely controlled collision energies have been shown to accurately probe quantum mechanical effects in reactive collisions. A complete microscopic understanding of the reaction is, however, faced w
In this work we discuss the rotational structure of Rydberg molecules. We calculate the complete wave function in a laboratory fixed frame and derive the transition matrix elements for the pho- toassociation of free ground state atoms. We discuss the
We perform photoassociation spectroscopy in an ultracold $^{23}$Na-$^6$Li mixture to study the $c^3Sigma^+$ excited triplet molecular potential. We observe 50 vibrational states and their substructure to an accuracy of 20 MHz, and provide line streng
We study the time-resolved photoassociation of ultracold sodium in an optical dipole trap. The photoassociation laser excites pairs of atoms to molecular states of large total angular momentum at high intensities (above 20 kW/cm$^{2}$). Such transiti