Cooling and dynamics of polyatomic molecular ions immersed in ultracold atomic gases

Program: SONATA Grant, National Science Centre Poland
Amount: 525,600 PLN (~120,000 EUR)
Date: X 2016 – III 2021
PI: Michał Tomza

People:

  1. Dr. hab. Michał Tomza (PI)
  2. Paweł Wójcik (student)
  3. Jacek Gębala (student)
  4. Adam Koza (student)
  5. Hela Ladjimi (visiting PhD student)

Publications:

  1. L. Shirkov, M. Tomza
    Long-range interactions of aromatic molecules with alkali-metal and alkaline-earth-metal atoms
    J. Chem. Phys. 158, 094109 (2023) | pdf
  2. M. Gronowski, A. M. Koza, M. Tomza
    Accurate ab initio properties of the NaLi molecule in the a3Σ+ electronic state
    submitted to Phys. Rev. A / arxiv (2020)
  3. W. Zrafi, H. Ladjimi, H. Said, H. Berriche, M. Tomza
    Ab initio electronic structure and prospects for the formation of ultracold calcium–alkali-metal-atom molecular ions
    New. J. Phys. 22 073015 (2020)
  4. M. Śmiałkowski, T. Korona, M. Tomza
    Ab initio electronic structure of the Sr2+ molecular ion
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 53, 135303 (2020)
  5. A. D. Dörfler, P. Eberle, D. Koner, M. Tomza, M. Meuwly, S. Willitsch
    Long-range versus short-range effects in cold molecular ion-neutral collisions
    Nature Commun. 10, 5429 (2019)
  6. P. Wójcik, T. Korona, M. Tomza
    Interactions of benzene, naphthalene, and azulene with alkali-metal and alkaline-earth-metal atoms for ultracold studies
    J. Chem. Phys. 150, 234106 (2019)
    Highlighted as Editor’s Pick and Featured on the cover page
  7. M. Tomza
    Cold interactions and chemical reactions of linear polyatomic anions with alkali-metal and alkaline-earth-metal atoms
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 16512 (2017)
  8. B. Midya, M. Tomza, R. Schmidt, M. Lemeshko
    Rotation of cold molecular ions inside a Bose-Einstein condensate
    Phys. Rev. A 94, 041601(R) (2016)
    Rapid Communication