Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2008-04-18
Physics
Atomic Physics
14 pages, 4 figures, 8 tables
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.78.012503
We present precision measurements with MHz uncertainty of the energy gap between asymptotic and well bound levels in the electronic ground state X $^1\Sigma_{\mathrm{g}}^+$ of the $^{39}$K$_2$ molecule. The molecules are prepared in a highly collimated particle beam and are interrogated in a $\Lambda$-type excitation scheme of optical transitions to long range levels close to the asymptote of the ground state, using the electronically excited state A $^1\Sigma^+_{\rm u}$ as intermediate one. The transition frequencies are measured either by comparison with I$_2$ lines or by absolute measurements using a fs-frequency comb. The determined level energies were used together with Feshbach resonances from cold collisions of $^{39}$K and $^{40}$K reported from other authors to fit new ground state potentials. Precise scattering lengths are determined and tests of the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for the description of cold collisions at this level of precision are performed.
Falke Stephan
Friebe Jan
Knoeckel Horst
Lisdat Christian
Riedmann Matthias
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