Aug 17 – 21, 2026
Prague, Czech Republic
Europe/Prague timezone

Ultracold chemistry as a testbed for few-body physics

Not scheduled
1h 30m
Prague, Czech Republic

Prague, Czech Republic

Novotného lávka 200/5, 110 00 Prague 1
Invited plenary Atoms and molecules Plenary session

Speaker

Tijs Karman

Description

Ultracold atoms, molecules and ions provide a unique playground to explore chemistry at ultracold temperatures. These systems are particularly appealing as controlled quantum systems. The multi-scale nature of these systems that emerges from the multitude of relevant energy and length
scales, as well as the high density of states of collision complexes, pose theoretical challenges. I will discuss recent progress in the field, focusing on chemical processes such as bimolecular chemical reactions, three-body recombination, photochemistry, and the control of these processes by "collisional shielding". We emphasize the synergy between theory and experiment, highlighting the predictive power of theory and future directions in ultracold chemistry research.

[1] Karman, Tomza, Perez-Rios Nature Physics 20, 722 (2024)

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