Collisions of cold magnesium atoms in a weak laser field

Details Collisions of cold magnesium atoms in a weak laser field Collisions of cold magnesium atoms in a weak laser field

1999-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9902053v1

Phys. Rev. A 59, R4113-R4416 (1999)

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 pages with 3 embedded figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R4113

We use quantum scattering methods to calculate the light-induced collisional loss of laser-cooled and trapped magnesium atoms for detunings up to 30 atomic linewidths to the red of the 1S_0-1P_1 cooling transition. Magnesium has no hyperfine structure to complicate the theoretical studies. We evaluate both the radiative and nonradiative mechanisms of trap loss. The radiative escape mechanism via allowed 1Sigma_u excitation is dominant for more than about one atomic linewidth detuning. Molecular vibrational structure due to photoassociative transitions to bound states begins to appear beyond about ten linewidths detuning.

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