Abstract

We store a 10 keV OH ion-beam at 13.5 ± 0.5 K in one of the DESIREE storage rings. Using photodetachment thermometry we measure the effective relative photodetachment cross section at different storage times and determine the rotational temperature of the ions to be 13.4 ± 0.2 K in agreement with the macroscopic temperature. A model cross section in the threshold range taking into account the formation of excited neutral OH molecules is calculated as a function of rotational temperature in order to justify the use of the rotational thermometry method developed earlier by the group of Roland Wester at Innsbruck University in the present case. In addition, we apply a selective photodetachment technique to produce an ion beam with more than 99% of the ions in the rotational ground state. The intrinsic lifetime of the J = 1 rotational level is measured to be 145 ± 28 s.

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Title
Rotationally cold (> 99% J = 0) OH molecular ions in a cryogenic storage ring
Author
Eklund, Gustav 1 ; Chartkunchand, Kiattichart 1 ; Anderson, Emma K 1 ; Kamińska, Magdalena 2 ; de Ruette, Nathalie 1 ; Thomas, Richard D 1 ; Kristiansson, Moa K 1 ; Gatchell, Michael 1 ; Reinhed, Peter 1 ; Rosén, Stefan 1 ; Simonsson, Ansgar 1 ; Källberg, Anders 1 ; Löfgren, Patrik 1 ; Mannervik, Sven 1 ; Zettergren, Henning 1 ; Cederquist, Henrik 1 ; Schmidt, Henning T 1 

 Stockholm University, Department of Physics, Stockholm 10691, Sweden 
 Stockholm University, Department of Physics, Stockholm 10691, Sweden; Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland 
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Nov 2017
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2574608409
Copyright
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