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DTSTART:20181011T190000Z
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LOCATION:5310 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Direct laser cooling and trapping of diatomic molecules\, Atom
 ic Physics Seminar\,  Prof. David DeMIlle\, Yale University
DESCRIPTION:The rich internal structures of diatomic molecules enable 
 a wide range of experiments in regimes not accessible with atoms.  Use
 s of molecules range from measurement of symmetry-violating effects th
 at probe interesting phenomena in nuclear and particle physics\, to th
 e study of highly correlated quantum systems\, to the control of novel
  phenomena in chemical reactions. Despite this broad interest\, method
 s for cooling and trapping molecules have been far less advanced than 
 those for atoms. In particular\, direct laser cooling of molecules was
  long considered infeasible: the same complex internal structure that 
 makes molecules useful also makes laser cooling more difficult. Over t
 he past several years\, our group and others have found methods to ove
 rcome this obstacle. Now\, most of the standard tools of atomic laser 
 cooling and trapping have been demonstrated to work\, with appropriate
  modifications and for certain molecules.  In this talk I will review 
 progress in laser cooling and trapping of molecules\, and give an outl
 ook for future directions enabled by these rapidly-developing methods.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4884
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