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Sat January 1, 2011
Making Van Der Waals Molecules
Van der waals molecules involving helium as a partner are typically very weakly bound and exist only in non-equilibrium situations. Here, through re-analysis of Ag atom magnetic trap loss, a general method for creating, in equilibrium, a host of vdW molecules in the very low temperature (and high cooling capacity) conditions of dilution refrigerator cooled helium gas is presented. Densities of these molecules is predicted, through detailed calculation, to be around 1012 cm-3.
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