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arXiv:2009.03180 · Physical Review A

High-energy-resolution measurements of an ultracold-atom–ion collisional cross section

Ruti Ben-shlomi, Meirav Pinkas, Ziv Meir, Tomáš Šikorský, Or Katz, Nitzan Akerman, Roee Ozeri

Published Mar 5, 2021• 12 citations
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Abstract

The authors report on a method for scanning the collisional energies of a single ion with a cloud of ultracold atoms. This method is then applied to directly measure the collisional cross section between the two species, with high-energy resolution.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.103.032805

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