https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-016-0035-0
Review
Sympathetic cooling of molecular ions with ultracold atoms
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, 90095, CA, USA
* e-mail: eric.hudson@ucla.edu
Received:
30
August
2016
Accepted:
4
November
2016
Published online:
7
December
2016
Sympathetic cooling of molecular ions with ultracold gases is enabling a new era of research in chemistry and physics. There has been much progress in this new field in the last several years and many unanticipated challenges have been overcome. The aim of the present manuscript is to provide a concise review of this work and discuss the way forward for the field.
Key words: Cold molecular ions / Sympathetic cooilng / Atom-ion chemistry / Nonequlibrium physics
© Hudson, 2016
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