Tue February 11, 2025 4:00 pm
CUA Seminar: Kang-Kuen Ni – Exploring the Roles of Nuclear Spins, Quantum Coherence, and Entanglement in Ultracold Chemistry
Location:Harvard Ory Forum (301 A/B) in the Goel Building (60 Oxford)
Nuclear spins are usually not thought to participate in chemical reactions. However, in the ultracold temperature regime, we have a new opportunity to examine this general statement with quantum mechanical details. In this talk, I will present our ongoing investigations into the roles of nuclear spins, quantum coherence, and entanglement in atom-molecule and molecule-molecule reactions, as well as sticky collisions, utilizing a one-of-a-kind ultracold KRb molecule apparatus. There will be surprises and puzzles.