https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-015-0022-x
Review
Merged neutral beams
Institute for Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
* e-mail: andreas.osterwalder@epfl.ch
Received:
29
April
2015
Accepted:
7
July
2015
Published online:
25
July
2015
A detailed description of a merged beam apparatus for the study of low energy molecular scattering is given. This review is intended to guide any scientist who plans to construct a similar experiment, and to provide some inspiration in describing the approach we chose to our goal. In our experiment a supersonic expansion of paramagnetic particles is merged with one of polar molecules. A magnetic and an electric multipole guide are used to bend the two beams onto the same axis. We here describe in detail how the apparatus is designed, characterised, and operated.
Key words: Cold molecules / Low energy scattering / Molecular beams / Cold chemistry
© Osterwalder; licensee Springer., 2015