Suppression of angular momentum transfer in cold collisions of transition metal atoms in ground States with nonzero orbital angular momentum.
The Zeeman relaxation rate in cold collisions of Ti(3d(2)4s(2) 3F2) with He is measured. We find that collisional transfer of angular momentum is dramatically suppressed due to the presence of the filled 4s(2) shell. The degree of electronic interaction anisotropy, which is responsible for Zeeman relaxation, is estimated to be about 200 times smaller in the Ti-He complex than in He complexes with typical non-S-state atoms.
Hancox
Cindy I
CI
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Doret
S Charles
SC
Hummon
Matthew T
MT
Krems
Roman V
RV
Doyle
John M
JM