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nature physicsUltracold molecules: The coldest polar region
D. DeMille and Eric R. Hudson
Nature Physics 4 911 (2008)



Selected Research Articles

 

An integrated ion trap and time-of-flight mass spectrometer for chemical and photo- reaction dynamics studies
Steven J. Schowalter, Kuang Chen, Wade G. Rellergert, Scott T. Sullivan, and Eric R. Hudson
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 043103 (April 2012)

Optical spectroscopy of an atomic nucleus: Progress toward direct observation of the 229Th isomer transition
Markus P. Hehlen, Richard R. Greco, Wade G. Rellergert, Scott T. Sullivan, David DeMille, Robert A. Jackson, Eric R. Hudson, Justin R. Torgerson
J. Lumin. (Accepted 16 September 2011)

Measurement of a Large Chemical Reaction Rate between Ultracold Closed-Shell 40Ca Atoms and Open-Shell 174Yb+ Ions Held in a Hybrid Atom-Ion Trap
Wade G. Rellergert, Scott T. Sullivan, Svetlana Kotochigova, Alexander Petrov, Kuang Chen, Steven J. Schowalter, Eric R. Hudson
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 243201 (Dec 2011)

Trapping molecular ions formed via photo-associative ionization of ultracold atoms
Scott T. Sullivan, Wade G. Rellergert, Svetlana Kotochigova, Kuang Chen, Steven J. Schowalter, Eric R. Hudson
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Invited (July 2011)

Molecular-ion trap-depletion spectroscopy of BaCl+
Kuang Chen, Steven J. Schowalter, Svetlana Kotochigova, Alexander Petrov, Wade G. Rellergert, Scott T. Sullivan, Eric R. Hudson Phys. Rev. A 83, 030501 (March 2011)

Progress towards fabrication of 229Th-doped high energy band-gap crystals for use as a solid-state optical frequency reference
W.G. Rellergert, S.T. Sullivan, D. DeMille, R.R. Greco, M.P. Hehlen, R.A. Jackson, J.R. Torgerson, E.R. Hudson
IOP Conf. Ser. Mater. Sci. Eng. 15, 012005 (2010)


Constraining the Evolution of the Fundamental Constants with a Solid-State Optical Frequency Reference Based on the 229Th Nucleus

W.G. Rellergert, D. DeMille, R.R. Greco, M.P. Hehlen, J.R. Torgerson, E.R. Hudson
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200802 (2010)

Method for producing ultracold molecular ions
Eric R. Hudson
Phys. Rev. A 79, 032716 (2009)

Deceleration of continuous molecular beams
Eric R. Hudson
Phys Rev. A 73, 061407 (2009)

Computer modelling of thorium doping in LiCaAlF6 and LiSrAlF6: application to the development of solid state optical frequency devices
R. A. Jackson, J.B. Amaral, M.E.G. Valerio, D. DeMille, Eric R. Hudson
J. Phys: Cond. Matt. 21, 325403 (2009)