Krems R.V., Stwalley W.C., Friedrich B. (Eds.) Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications

Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 2009. – 718 p. – ISBN: 1420064657.Cold molecules offer intriguing properties on which new operational principles can be based (e.g., quantum computing) or that may allow researchers to study a qualitatively new behavior of matter.Cold Collisions
Theory of Cold Atomic and Molecular Collisions
Electric Dipoles at Ultralow Temperatures
Inelastic Collisions and Chemical Reactions of Molecules at Ultracold Temperatures
Effects of External Electromagnetic Fields on Collisions of Molecules at Low Temperatures
Photoassociation
Ultracold Molecule Formation by Photoassociation
Molecular States Near a Collision Threshold
Prospects for Control of Ultracold Molecule Formation via Photoassociation with Chirped Laser Pulses
Adiabatic Raman Photoassociation with Shaped Laser Pulses
Few- and Many-Body Physics
Ultracold Feshbach Molecules
Molecular Regimes in Ultracold Fermi Gases
Theory of Ultracold Feshbach Molecules
Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules
Cooling and Trapping
Cooling, Trap Loading, and Beam Production Using a Cryogenic Helium Buffer Gas
Slowing, Trapping, and Storing of Polar Molecules by Means of Electric Fields
Tests of Fundamental Laws
Preparation and Manipulation of Molecules for Fundamental Physics Tests
Variation of Fundamental Constants as Revealed by Molecules: Astrophysical Observations and Laboratory Experiments
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information Processing with Ultracold Polar Molecules
Cold Molecular Ions
Sympathetically Cooled Molecular Ions: From Principles to First Applications