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年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的（公法111-5）。该研究旨在发展对原子和分子如何在极冷温度下与激光相互作用的更好物理理解-包括从极冷原子合成极冷分子，对这些分子结构的高精度研究，以及一旦这些分子形成，进一步降低其温度的新技术。虽然了解这些相互作用具有根本的科学意义，但所收集的知识对于开发下一代高科技应用也至关重要，这些应用有望在计算，通信，医学和小型物体制造等方面取得重大进展。这项研究还有助于为理解在非常寒冷的温度下的化学反应奠定基础，在这种温度下，量子力学的一些反直觉效应可以用来实际控制化学反应，以产生传统技术可能难以产生的所需反应产物。近年来，科学的前沿已经看到传统边界之间的模糊，而应用的实现，找到他们的方式进入日常生活，需要科学家和工程师在一个跨学科的方式工作。 虽然研究计划可以相当地被描述为“原子和分子物理学”，但它也涉及量子化学和控制，因此除了回答所提出的非常具体的科学问题外，还有助于发展日益增长的跨学科奋进。此外，研究计划对人力资源开发做出了非常重要的贡献。培养高技能的学生，他们毕业后能够以跨学科的方式解决科学，技术和社会中的广泛问题，为联邦在研究中的投资提供了广泛和直接的回报。