Hybrid systems of laser-cooled trapped ions and ultracold atoms combined in a single
experimental setup have recently emerged as a new platform for fundamental research in …

The realization of Bose Einstein condensates (BEC) and quantum degenerate Fermi gases
with cold atoms has been a highlight of quantum physics during the past decade. Cold …

Experimental realization of a quantum degenerate gas of molecules would provide access
to a wide range of phenomena in molecular and quantum sciences. However, the very …

Compared to atoms, molecules possess additional degrees of freedom that can be exploited
in fundamental tests, ultracold chemistry, and engineering new quantum phases in many …

Ultracold molecules offer unprecedented opportunities for the controlled interrogation of
molecular events, including chemical reactivity in the ultimate quantum regime. The …

The prospect of cooling matter down to temperatures that are close to absolute zero raises
intriguing questions about how chemical reactivity changes under these extreme conditions …

This review is concerned with the physics and chemistry associated with the interactions,
collisions, and reactions of ultracold molecules, that is, molecules having translational …

The last few years have seen rapid progress in the application of laser cooling to molecules.
In this review, we examine what kinds of molecules can be laser cooled, how to design a …

SU (N) symmetry can emerge in a quantum system with N single-particle spin states when
spin is decoupled from interparticle interactions. Taking advantage of the high measurement …

Molecular collisions in the quantum regime represent a new opportunity to explore chemical
reactions. Recently, atom-exchangereactions were observed in a trapped ultracold gas of …