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Main Authors: Ballu, Manon, Yao, Zhibin, Mirmand, Bastien, Papoular, David, Perrin, Hélène, Perrin, Aurélien
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20330
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author Ballu, Manon
Yao, Zhibin
Mirmand, Bastien
Papoular, David
Perrin, Hélène
Perrin, Aurélien
author_facet Ballu, Manon
Yao, Zhibin
Mirmand, Bastien
Papoular, David
Perrin, Hélène
Perrin, Aurélien
contents We have performed microwave spectroscopy of sodium least-bound molecular states, improving the precision of the knowledge of their energies at zero magnetic field by almost three orders of magnitude. Our experimental observations give us access also to states submitted to predissociation, a phenomenon where a bound molecular state can naturally decay into the continuum. Our findings are compared to numerical calculations based on the latest interpolation of sodium interaction potentials and show good agreement, with slight discrepancies in the zero-field energy of the molecular states, suggesting a need for small adjustment of the interaction potentials.
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spellingShingle Microwave spectroscopy of ultracold-sodium least-bound molecular states
Ballu, Manon
Yao, Zhibin
Mirmand, Bastien
Papoular, David
Perrin, Hélène
Perrin, Aurélien
Atomic Physics
We have performed microwave spectroscopy of sodium least-bound molecular states, improving the precision of the knowledge of their energies at zero magnetic field by almost three orders of magnitude. Our experimental observations give us access also to states submitted to predissociation, a phenomenon where a bound molecular state can naturally decay into the continuum. Our findings are compared to numerical calculations based on the latest interpolation of sodium interaction potentials and show good agreement, with slight discrepancies in the zero-field energy of the molecular states, suggesting a need for small adjustment of the interaction potentials.
title Microwave spectroscopy of ultracold-sodium least-bound molecular states
topic Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20330