Speaker
Mr
Manish Vashishta
(The University of British Columbia)
Description
We have demonstrated that a supersonic beam of methyl radicals (CH$_3$) in the ground rotational state has been slowed down to standstill with a magnetic molecular decelerator, and successfully captured spatially in an anti-Helmholtz magnetic trap for longer than 1 sec. The trapped CH$_3$ radicals have a mean translational temperature of about 200 mK with an estimated density of $>$ 5.0 $\times$ $10^7$ cm$^{−3}$.
The methyl radical is an ideal system for the study of cold molecules not only because of its high reactivities at low temperatures, but also because further cooling below 1 mK is plausible via sympathetic cooling with ultracold atoms. We will discuss properties of cold collisions between the trapped radicals and foreign gases.
Primary authors
Mr
Manish Vashishta
(The University of British Columbia)
Mr
Pavle Djuricanin
(The University of British Columbia)
Dr
Yang Liu
(The University of British Columbia)
Prof.
Takamasa Momose
(The University of British Columbia)
