01665nas a2200181 4500008004100000245010700041210006900148260001300217490000800230520098500238100002701223700002201250700002201272700002401294700001901318700001901337856012701356 2020 eng d00aCollisions of room-temperature helium with ultracold lithium and the van der Waals bound state of HeLi0 aCollisions of roomtemperature helium with ultracold lithium and  c1/6/20200 v1013 a

We have computed the thermally averaged total, elastic rate coefficient for the collision of a room-temperature helium atom with an ultracold lithium atom. This rate coefficient has been computed as part of the characterization of a cold-atom vacuum sensor based on laser-cooled Li 6 or Li 7 atoms that will operate in the ultrahigh-vacuum (p< 10− 6 Pa) and extreme-high-vacuum (p< 10− 10 Pa) regimes. The analysis involves computing the X 2 Σ+ HeLi Born-Oppenheimer potential followed by the numerical solution of the relevant radial Schrödinger equation. The potential is computed using a single-reference-coupled-cluster electronic-structure method with basis sets of different completeness in order to characterize our uncertainty budget. We predict that the rate coefficient for a 300 K helium gas and a 1 μ K Li gas is 1.467 (13)× 10− 9 cm 3/s for He 4+ Li 6 and 1.471 (13)× 10− 9 cm 3/s for He 4+ Li 7, where the …

1 aMakrides, Constantinos1 aBarker, Daniel, S1 aFedchak, James, A1 aScherschligt, Julia1 aEckel, Stephen1 aTiesinga, Eite uhttps://quics.umd.edu/publications/collisions-room-temperature-helium-ultracold-lithium-and-van-der-waals-bound-state-heli01691nas a2200169 4500008004100000245007000041210006900111260001500180300001300195490000600208520118500214100002701399700001301426700001901439700002601458856003701484 2018 eng d00aFractal Universality in Near-Threshold Magnetic Lanthanide Dimers0 aFractal Universality in NearThreshold Magnetic Lanthanide Dimers c2018/02/16 aeaap83080 v43 a

Ergodic quantum systems are often quite alike, whereas nonergodic, fractal systems are unique and display characteristic properties. We explore one of these fractal systems, weakly bound dysprosium lanthanide molecules, in an external magnetic field. As recently shown, colliding ultracold magnetic dysprosium atoms display a soft chaotic behavior with a small degree of disorder. We broaden this classification by investigating the generalized inverse participation ratio and fractal dimensions for large sets of molecular wave functions. Our exact close-coupling simulations reveal a dynamic phase transition from partially localized states to totally delocalized states and universality in its distribution by increasing the magnetic field strength to only a hundred Gauss (or 10 mT). Finally, we prove the existence of nonergodic delocalized phase in the system and explain the violation of ergodicity by strong coupling between near-threshold molecular states and the nearby continuum.

1 aMakrides, Constantinos1 aLi, Ming1 aTiesinga, Eite1 aKotochigova, Svetlana uhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1802.0958601586nas a2200193 4500008004100000245007900041210006900120260001400189490000700203520099200210100002401202700002201226700002201248700001901270700002001289700002701309700001901336856003701355 2017 eng d00aDevelopment of a new UHV/XHV pressure standard (cold atom vacuum standard)0 aDevelopment of a new UHVXHV pressure standard cold atom vacuum s c2017/11/30 v543 a

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently begun a program to develop a primary pressure standard that is based on ultra-cold atoms, covering a pressure range of 1 x 10-6 to 1 x 10-10 Pa and possibly lower. These pressures correspond to the entire ultra-high vacuum range and extend into the extreme-high vacuum. This cold-atom vacuum standard (CAVS) is both a primary standard and absolute sensor of vacuum. The CAVS is based on the loss of cold, sensor atoms (such as the alkali-metal lithium) from a magnetic trap due to collisions with the background gas (primarily H2) in the vacuum. The pressure is determined from a thermally-averaged collision cross section, which is a fundamental atomic property, and the measured loss rate. The CAVS is primary because it will use collision cross sections determined from ab initio calculations for the Li + H2 system. Primary traceability is transferred to other systems of interest using sensitivity coefficients.

1 aScherschligt, Julia1 aFedchak, James, A1 aBarker, Daniel, S1 aEckel, Stephen1 aKlimov, Nikolai1 aMakrides, Constantinos1 aTiesinga, Eite uhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1801.1012017147nas a2200181 45000080041000002450100000412100069001412600015002103000011002254900007002365201657700243100001316820700002216833700002716855700001916882700002716901856003716928 2017 eng d00aPendular trapping conditions for ultracold polar molecules enforced by external electric fields0 aPendular trapping conditions for ultracold polar molecules enfor c2017/06/26 a0634220 v953 a

We theoretically investigate trapping conditions for ultracold polar molecules in optical lattices, when external magnetic and electric fields are simultaneously applied. Our results are based on an accurate electronic-structure calculation of the polar 23Na40K polar molecule in its absolute ground state combined with a calculation of its rovibrational-hyperfine motion. We find that an electric field strength of 5.26(15) kV/cm and an angle of 54.7 between this field and the polarization of the optical laser lead to a trapping design for 23Na40K molecules where decoherences due laser-intensity fluctuations and fluctuations in the direction of its polarization are kept to a minimum. One standard deviation systematic and statistical uncertainties are given in parenthesis. Under such conditions pairs of hyperfine-rotational states of v=0 molecules, used to induce tunable dipole-dipole interactions between them, experience ultrastable, matching trapping forces.

1 aLi, Ming1 aPetrov, Alexander1 aMakrides, Constantinos1 aTiesinga, Eite1 aKotochigova, Svetlanta uhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03839