Simulation of quantum collinear chemical reactions with ultracold atoms

E. Torrontegui (1) , A. Ruschhaupt (2) , David Guéry-Odelin (3) , J. G. Muga (4)

1 Departamento de Química-Física
2 ITP - Institut für Theoretische Physik [Hannover]
3 Atomes Froids (LCAR)
4 Departamento de Qumica-Fsica, UPV-EHU

We study a scaling and coordinate transformation to physically simulate quantum three-body collinear chemical reactions of the type A+BC → AB+C by the motion of a single ultracold atom or a weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate on an L-shaped waveguide. We determine its feasibility with current technology and its limitations. As an example we work out the parameters to model the reaction F+H2→ H+HF by the propagation of ultracold lithium atoms

E. Torrontegui, A. Ruschhaupt, David Guéry-Odelin, J. G. Muga. Simulation of quantum collinear chemical reactions with ultracold atoms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2011, 44 (19), 195302 (5pp). ⟨10.1088/0953-4075/44/19/195302⟩. ⟨hal-00910916⟩