Issue 13, 2021

Collision-driven state-changing efficiency of different buffer gases in cold traps: He(1S), Ar(1S) and p-H2(1Σ) on trapped CN(1Σ)

Abstract

We employ potential energy surfaces (PES) from ab initio quantum chemistry methods to describe the interaction of the CN(1Σ) molecule, one of the small anions often studied at low temperatures, with other possible gases which can be employed as buffer in cold ion traps: the He and Ar atoms and the p-H2 molecule. These PESs are used to calculate from quantum multichannel dynamics the corresponding state-changing rate constants between the populated rotational states of the anion, the latter being in its electronic and vibrational ground states. The different cross sections for the collision-driven quenching and excitation processes at low temperatures are compared and further used to model CN cooling (de-excitation) efficiency under different trap conditions. The interplay of potential coupling strength and mass-scaling effects is discussed to explain the differences of behaviour among the buffer gases. The advantages of being able to perform collisional cooling at higher trap temperatures when using Ar and p-H2 as buffer gases are also discussed.

Graphical abstract: Collision-driven state-changing efficiency of different buffer gases in cold traps: He(1S), Ar(1S) and p-H2(1Σ) on trapped CN−(1Σ)

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 jun 2020
Accepted
21 jul 2020
First published
17 aug 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 7703-7713

Collision-driven state-changing efficiency of different buffer gases in cold traps: He(1S), Ar(1S) and p-H2(1Σ) on trapped CN(1Σ)

L. González-Sánchez, E. Yurtsever, B. P. Mant, R. Wester and F. A. Gianturco, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 7703 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP03440A

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