FE. MINI-SYMPOSIUM: ALKALI ATOMS

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 - 8:30AM

Room: 2015 MCPHERSON LAB

Chair: AMANDA J. ROSS, Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France

FE01 INVITED TALK 30min8:30

ULTRACOLD ALKALI METAL ATOMS AND DIMERS: A QUANTUM PARADISE.

PAUL S. JULIENNE, Atomic Physics Division and Joint Quantum Institute, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8234.

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FE02			15min9:05

APPLICATIONS OF THE DISCRETE VARIABLE REPRESENTATION (DVR) FOR MODELING ENERGY LEVELS OF ALKALI DIMER MOLECULES.

THOMAS H. BERGEMAN, Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800.

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FE03			15min9:22

SPECTROSCOPY OF ATOM PAIRS AND COLD COLLISIONS.

E. TIEMANN, H. KNÖCKEL, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany; A. PASHOV, Department of Physics, Sofia University, 5 James Bourchier Blvd, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; O. DOCENKO, M. TAMANIS, R. FERBER, Department of Physics and Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, 19 Rainis Boulevard, Riga LV-1586, Latvia.

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FE04			15min9:39

PROSPECTS FOR THE FORMATION OF ULTRACOLD NaRb MOLECULES IN THE GROUND X¹ Sigma

⁺(v=0;J=0) STATE BY PHOTOASSOCIATION THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE A¹ Sigma

⁺

b³

COMPLEX.

A. V. STOLYAROV, V. I. PUPYSHEV, E. A. PAZYUK, A. ZAITSEVSKII, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, GSP-2 LENINSKIE GORY 1/3, MOSCOW 119992, RUSSIA; O. DOCENKO, M. TAMANIS, R. FERBER, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS AND SPECTROSCOPY, UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA, 19 RAINIS BOULEVARD, RIGA LV-1586, LATVIA; A. PASHOV, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, SOFIA UNIVERSITY, 5 JAMES BOURCHIER BLVD, 1164 SOFIA, BULGARIA; H. KNÖCKEL, E. TIEMANN, INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK, GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITÄT HANNOVER, WELFENGARTEN 1, 30167 HANNOVER, GERMANY.

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FE05			15min9:56

THE ¹

STATES OF NaCs: SPECTROSCOPY, LIFETIMES, PERMANENT AND TRANSITION DIPOLE MOMENTS..

R. FERBER, O. DOCENKO, I. KLINCARE, O. NIKOLAYEVA, M. TAMANIS, J. ZAHAROVA, University of Latvia, Department of Physics, LV-1586, Riga, Latvia; A. PASHOV, Sofia University, Department of Physics, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; H. KNÖCKEL, E. TIEMANN, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Inst.f. Quantenoptik, 30167 Hannover, Germany; A. V. STOLYAROV, E. A. PAZYUK, A. ZAITSEVSKII, Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Moscow, 119899, Russia.

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FE06			15min10:13

HIGH RESOLUTION LIF SPECTROSCOPY OF KCs MOLECULE..

R. FERBER, I. KLINCARE, O. NIKOLAYEVA, M. TAMANIS, University of Latvia, Department of Physics, 19 Rainis blvd., LV-1586, Riga, Latvia; A. PASHOV, Sofia University, Department of Physics, 5 J Bourchier blvd, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; H. KNÖCKEL, E. TIEMANN, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Inst.f. Quantenoptik, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany.

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INTERMISSION

FE07			10min10:45

THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE ELECTRONIC STATES WITH SPIN-ORBIT EFFECTS AND ROVIBRATIONAL CALCULATIONS OF THE MOLECULE LiCs.

M. KOREK, D. HOUALLA, Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University, P.O. Box 11-5020 Riad El Solh, Beirut, 1107 2809, Lebanon..

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FE08			15min10:57

STRUCTURE, DIPOLE MOMENTS, POLARIZABILITIES, AND MOLECULAR SPIN ORBIT OF STRONG DIPOLAR ALKALI DIATOMICS.

MIREILLE AYMAR, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Bât. 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France; JOHANNES DEIGLMAYR, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 3, 79104 Freiburg,Germany; AND OLIVIER DULIEU, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Bât. 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.

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FE09			15min11:14

DIRECT-POTENTIAL-FIT FOR Li₂(A ¹ Sigma

_u⁺) USING A MODIFIED LONG-RANGE FORM THAT
INCORPORATES THE TRANSITION FROM HUND'S CASE (a) to HUND'S CASE (c) COUPLING.

ROBERT J. LE ROY, Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada; AMANDA J. ROSS, Université Lyon 1; CNRS; LASIM UMR 5579, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; COLAN LINTON, Physics Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada.

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FE10			15min11:31

AN ANALYTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY CURVE FOR THE a ³ Sigma

⁺ STATE OF KLi, DERIVED FROM OBSERVATIONS OF THE UPPER VIBRATIONAL LEVELS ONLY.

HOUSSAM SALAMI, AMANDA J. ROSS, PATRICK CROZET, Université Lyon 1; CNRS; LASIM UMR 5579, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; ROBERT J. LE ROY, Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada; PAWEL KOWALCZYK, Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, ul. Hoza 69, 00681 Warsaw, Poland; WLODZIMIERZ JASTRZEBSKI, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02668 Warsaw, Poland.

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FE11			10min11:48

THE HARPOON REACTION Li₂ + F AND ULTRACOLD CHEMISTRY.

K. WRIGHT AND I. C. LANE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG.

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FE12	Post-deadline Abstract		15min12:00

ANISOTROPY-DEPENDENT POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY USING A TWO-PHOTON PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE.

S. B. BAYRAM, R. MARHATTA, P. KOIRALA AND M. BRIEL, Miami University, Physics Department, Oxford, OH 45056.

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