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通过激发态化学提高低温缓冲气体束源的产率

Enhanced Yield from a Cryogenic Buffer Gas Beam Source via Excited State Chemistry

Arian Jadbabaie, Nickolas H. Pilgram, Jacek Klos, Svetlana Kotochigova, Nicholas R. Hutzler

摘要:

我们使用窄带激光激发的Yb,大大提高了亮度的冷光束的YbOH,多原子分子具有高灵敏度的物理超出了标准模型(BSM)。通过在低温环境中激发Yb原子到亚稳态$^3$ P $_1$态,我们显著增加了Yb与反应物碰撞的化学反应截面。我们表征了增强对激光性质的依赖性,并研究了YbOH产物的终态分布。由此产生的明亮,冷的YbOH束可以用于增加利用YbOH的新物理搜索的统计灵敏度,例如电子电偶极矩(eEDM)和核磁四极矩(NMQM)实验。我们还进行了新的量子化学计算,证实了在我们的实验中观察到的增强的反应性。此外,我们的计算比较了Yb($^3$ P)与反应物H $_2$ O和H $_2$ O $_2$的反应途径。更一般地说,我们的工作提出了一个广泛的方法,以改善实验,使用低温分子束的激光冷却和精密测量的BSM物理研究。

英文摘要:

We use narrow-band laser excitation of Yb to substantially enhance the brightness of a cold beam of YbOH, a polyatomic molecule with high sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). By exciting atomic Yb to the metastable $^3$P$_1$ state in a cryogenic environment, we significantly increase the chemical reaction cross-section for collisions of Yb with reactants. We characterize the dependence of the enhancement on the properties of the laser light, and study the final state distribution of the YbOH products. The resulting bright, cold YbOH beam can be used to increase the statistical sensitivity in searches for new physics utilizing YbOH, such as electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) and nuclear magnetic quadrupole moment (NMQM) experiments. We also perform new quantum chemical calculations that confirm the enhanced reactivity observed in our experiment. Additionally, our calculations compare reaction pathways of Yb($^3$P) with the reactants H$_2$O and H$_2$O$_2$. More generally, our work presents a broad approach for improving experiments that use cryogenic molecular beams for laser cooling and precision measurement searches of BSM physics.

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