Controlling the dynamics of cold molecular collisions

Masato Morita, Qian Yao, Changjian Xie +2 more

John L. Bohn, А. V. Avdeenkov

Jeremy M. Hutson

Bas van de Meerakker

Masato Morita, Qian Yao, Changjian Xie +2 more

This paper reports the possibility of robust stereo-dynamic control of rotational quenching in cold molecular collisions. By controlling the orientation and alignment of the molecule before collision, the authors show control of multiple peaks due to resonances associated with disparate partial waves.

N. Balakrishnan, Pablo G. Jambrina, James F. E. Croft +2 more

, stereodynamics of molecular collisions. The Stark-induced adiabatic Raman passage technique developed in the last several years has become a versatile tool to study the stereodynamics of light molecular collisions in which alignment of the molecular bond axis relative to initial collision velocity can be fully controlled. Landmark experiments reported by Zare and coworkers have motivated new theoretical developments, including formalisms to describe four-vector correlations in molecular collisions that are revealed by the experiments. In this Feature article, we provide an overview of recent theoretical developments for the description of stereodynamics of cold molecular collisions and their implications to cold controlled chemistry.