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Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 013201 (2004) [4 pages]

Breaking van der Waals Molecules with Magnetic Fields

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R. V. Krems*
Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, Department of Physics, Harvard University and Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Received 29 September 2003; published 28 June 2004

It is demonstrated that weakly bound van der Waals complexes can dissociate in a magnetic field through coupling between the Zeeman levels. The Zeeman predissociation process is shown to be efficient and it can be controlled by external magnetic fields.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.013201
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.013201
PACS:
34.20.Gj, 32.60.+i, 32.80.Pj, 34.50.–s

*Electronic address: rkrems@cfa.harvard.edu

 
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