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Potassium ground state scattering parameters and Born-Oppenheimer potentials from molecular spectroscopy
We present precision measurements with MHz uncertainty of the energy gap between asymptotic and well bound levels in the electronic ground state X \(^1\Sigma_{\mathrm{g}}^+\) of the \(^{39}\)K\(_2\) molecule. The molecules are prepared in a highly collimated particle beam and are interrogated in a \...
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Published in: | arXiv.org 2008-04 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | We present precision measurements with MHz uncertainty of the energy gap between asymptotic and well bound levels in the electronic ground state X \(^1\Sigma_{\mathrm{g}}^+\) of the \(^{39}\)K\(_2\) molecule. The molecules are prepared in a highly collimated particle beam and are interrogated in a \(\Lambda\)-type excitation scheme of optical transitions to long range levels close to the asymptote of the ground state, using the electronically excited state A \(^1\Sigma^+_{\rm u}\) as intermediate one. The transition frequencies are measured either by comparison with I\(_2\) lines or by absolute measurements using a fs-frequency comb. The determined level energies were used together with Feshbach resonances from cold collisions of \(^{39}\)K and \(^{40}\)K reported from other authors to fit new ground state potentials. Precise scattering lengths are determined and tests of the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for the description of cold collisions at this level of precision are performed. |
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ISSN: | 2331-8422 |
DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.0804.2949 |