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Three-body recombination of microwave-shielded molecules

Jul 9, 2024

In this work, we study three-body collisions in a gas of ultracold dipolar molecules. Our data shows that three-body recombination can explain performance limits of microwave-shielding, which have so far been unexplained. We compare experimental data of three-body loss rates with the results of a classical trajectory model for recombination and find excellent agreement. The insights are efficient cooling of dipolar molecules and point to rich three-body physics. 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.04901

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