Collision of cold CaF molecules: Towards evaporative cooling*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11604164 and U1810129), the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Innovation Research Team, China (Grant No. 1331KIRT), and Excellent Youth Academic Leader in Higher Education of Shanxi Province, China (2018).

Gu Yuefeng1, Huang Yunxia1, Li Chuanliang2, Yang Xiaohua1, 3, †
       

The elastic cross-section σ (solid) of CaF at an orientation field of 100 kV/cm and the cross-section increment Δσ (dash) compared to σ in field-free case vs. temperature at the order of mK, when only the dipole–dipole interaction is taken into account.