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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 32: Poster: Quantum gases, ultracold atoms and molecules

Q 32.90: Poster

Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 16:30–18:30, Spree-Palais

Towards ultracold polar NaK molecules — •Matthias W. Gempel, Torben A. Schulze, Torsten Hartmann, Janis Wöhler, Erik Schwanke, Julia Gerschmann, Alessandro Zenesini, and Silke Ospelkaus — Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Quantum degenerate polar molecular are promising candidates for the study of strongly correlated quantum many-body systems. NaK represents a notable example for such studies, because of its large dipole moment of 2.72 Debye and because chemical reactions into homonuclear dimers are expected to be endothermic and therefore suppressed at ultra-cold temperature [PRA 81,060703(2010)]. Here, we present our progress towards quantum degenerate NaK molecules. In particular, we present theoretical studies resolving details of the molecular structure [PRA 88, 023401(2013)] as well as the current status of our experimental apparatus.