Speaker
Herwig Ott
(Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Description
The creation of ultra-long-range Rydberg molecules in an ultracold dense atomic gas combines aspects of physical chemistry, few- and many-body physics. We use this experimental platform to create different types of Rydberg molecules with striking physical properties. We discuss the photo-association of those molecules, their interaction with the surrounding ground state atoms, their use for engineering many-body physics and their decay processes. For the latter, we have built a dedicated reaction microscope, which allows us to measure the momentum distribution of the decay products, thus revealing the internal molecular dynamics.
Author
Herwig Ott
(Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
