Ultracold ion-atom experiments: cooling, chemistry, and quantum effects
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2206.14471v1
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:56:55 GMT
- Title: Ultracold ion-atom experiments: cooling, chemistry, and quantum effects
- Authors: Rianne S. Lous and Rene Gerritsma
- Abstract summary: Experimental setups that study laser-cooled ions immersed in baths of ultracold atoms merge the two exciting and well-established fields of quantum gases and trapped ions.
These systems have provided insights into ion-atom collisions, buffer gas cooling of ions and quantum effects in the ion-atom interaction.
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- Abstract: Experimental setups that study laser-cooled ions immersed in baths of
ultracold atoms merge the two exciting and well-established fields of quantum
gases and trapped ions. These experiments benefit both from the exquisite
read-out and control of the few-body ion systems as well as the many-body
aspects, tunable interactions, and ultracold temperatures of the atoms.
However, combining the two leads to challenges both in the experimental design
and the physics that can be studied. Nevertheless, these systems have provided
insights into ion-atom collisions, buffer gas cooling of ions and quantum
effects in the ion-atom interaction. This makes them promising candidates for
ultracold quantum chemistry studies, creation of cold molecular ions for
spectroscopy and precision measurements, and as test beds for quantum
simulation of charged impurity physics. In this review we aim to provide an
experimental account of recent progress and introduce the experimental setup
and techniques that enabled the observation of quantum effects.
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