Hyperfine-to-rotational energy transfer in ultracold atom-molecule collisions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08891v1
• Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:20:14 GMT
• Title: Hyperfine-to-rotational energy transfer in ultracold atom-molecule collisions
• Authors: Yi-Xiang Liu, Lingbang Zhu, Jeshurun Luke, Mark C. Babin, Timur V. Tscherbul, Marcin Gronowski, Hela Ladjimi, Michał Tomza, John L. Bohn, Kang-Kuen Ni,
• Abstract summary: Energy transfer between different mechanical degrees of freedom in atom-molecule collisions has been widely studied and largely understood. Here, we directly observed the energy transfer from atomic hyperfine to molecular rotation in the $87$Rb. The observations confirm that spin is coupled to mechanical rotation at short range and establish a benchmark for future theoretical studies.
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• Abstract: Energy transfer between different mechanical degrees of freedom in atom-molecule collisions has been widely studied and largely understood. However, systems involving spins remain less explored, especially with a state-to-state precision. Here, we directly observed the energy transfer from atomic hyperfine to molecular rotation in the $^{87}$Rb ($|F_a,M_{F_a}\rangle = |2,2\rangle$) + $^{40}$K$^{87}$Rb (in the rovibronic ground state $N=0$) $\longrightarrow$ Rb ($ |1,1\rangle$) + KRb ($N=0,1,2$) exothermic collision. We probed the quantum states of the collision products using resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization followed by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. We also carried out state-of-the-art quantum scattering calculations, which rigorously take into account the coupling between the spin and rotational degrees of freedom at short range, and assume that the KRb monomer can be treated as a rigid rotor moving on a single potential energy surface. The calculated product rotational state distribution deviates from the observations even after extensive tuning of the atom-molecule potential energy surface, suggesting that vibrational degrees of freedom and conical intersections play an important part in ultracold Rb + KRb collisions. Additionally, our ab initio calculations indicate that spin-rotation coupling is dramatically enhanced near a conical intersection, which is energetically accessible at short range. The observations confirm that spin is coupled to mechanical rotation at short range and establish a benchmark for future theoretical studies.

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