https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00032-4
Loss estimation of electrostatically trapped ND3 molecules
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8795, Japan
Corresponding author: a kajita@nict.go.jp
Received:
28
September
2005
Revised:
21
December
2005
Published online:
8
February
2006
Losses of electrostatically trapped molecules are caused by the Majorana transition or the inelastic collisions between trapped molecules. The loss rate of electrostatically trapped ND3 molecules in the (J=1,K=1,M=1, A) state was estimated: ND3 molecules in this state have actually been trapped. When trapping cold molecules, using 15ND3 molecules (fermion) with a minimum electric field higher than 10 kV/cm yields high stability.
PACS: 34.10.+x – General theories and models of atomic and molecular collisions and interactions (including statistical theories, transition state, stochastic and trajectory models, etc.) / 34.50.Ez – Rotational and vibrational energy transfer
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2006
