Production of Ultracold Weakly Bound Polar Molecules and Trapping of Ground State Noble Gases

超冷弱结合极性分子的产生和基态稀有气体的捕获

• 批准号: 0855290
• 负责人: Charles Sukenik
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0855290&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Production; Ultracold; Weakly; Bound; Polar

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The research is aimed at developing a better physical understanding of how atoms and molecules interact with laser light at extremely cold temperatures- including the synthesis of very cold molecules from very cold atoms, high precision study of the structure of these molecules, and new techniques for reducing the temperature of these molecules even further once they are formed. While understanding these interactions is of fundamental scientific interest, the knowledge gleaned is also critical for developing the next generation of high-tech applications which are expected to yield significant advances in computing, communications, medicine, and fabrication of small-scale objects, for example. The research is also helping to lay the foundation for understanding chemical reactions at very cold temperatures where some of the counter-intuitive effects of quantum mechanics can be used to actually control chemical reactions in order produce desired reaction products which may be hard to produce by conventional techniques.In recent years, the frontiers of science have seen a blurring between traditional boundaries, and the realization of applications which find their way into everyday life has required scientists and engineers to work in a cross-disciplinary fashion. While the research program can be fairly characterized as "atomic and molecular physics", it also involves quantum chemistry and control and so contributes to the development of a growing interdisciplinary endeavor in addition to answering the very specific scientific questions posed. Furthermore, the research program makes a very significant contribution to human resource development. The training of highly skilled students who upon graduation are capable of tackling- in an interdisciplinary manner- a wide range of problems within science, technology, and society in general, provides a broad and immediate return on the federal investments made in the research.

该奖项是根据2009年的《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。该研究旨在对原子和分子在极度冷的温度下与激光光相互作用的物理理解，包括非常冷的温度 - 包括非常非常冷的。来自非常冷原子的冷分子，对这些分子结构的高精度研究，以及一旦形成这些分子的新技术，可以进一步降低这些分子的温度。尽管了解这些相互作用是基本的科学兴趣，但收集的知识对于开发下一代高科技应用程序也至关重要，这些应用程序有望在计算，通信，医学和小规模物体的制造方面取得重大进展，例如。这项研究还有助于在非常冷的温度下理解化学反应的基础，在这些温度下，量子力学的某些违反直觉效应可用于实际控制化学反应，以生产所需的反应产物，这些反应产物可能很难通过常规的反应产生技术。近年来，科学领域的传统边界之间存在模糊，而实现了进入日常生活的应用的实现，需要科学家和工程师以跨学科的方式工作。 尽管研究计划可以被公平地描述为“原子和分子物理学”，但它也涉及量子化学和控制，因此除了回答提出的非常具体的科学问题外，还有助于发展不断增长的跨学科努力。此外，该研究计划为人力资源开发做出了非常重要的贡献。毕业后能够以跨学科的方式来解决高科技学生的培训 - 一般而言，科学，技术和社会中的各种问题为研究中的联邦投资提供了广泛而直接的回报。