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The coldest polar region

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Polar diatomic molecules, consisting of potassium and rubidium, have been created with density and temperature close to the regime of quantum degeneracy.

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Figure 1: The formation process for ultracold KRb molecules, now demonstrated by Ni et al.1.

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  1. Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    David DeMille

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 90095, California, USA

    Eric R. Hudson

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DeMille, D., Hudson, E. The coldest polar region. Nature Phys 4, 911–912 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1147

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