caa a22 4500 445867272 CHVBK 20180317145501.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20064-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1140/epjd/e2011-20064-9 Magneto-optical trapping of neutral mercury [Elektronische Daten] [P. Villwock, S. Siol, Th. Walther] We report on the cooling of neutral mercury in a magneto-optical trap utilizing the spin forbidden 1S0 → 3P1 transition at 253.7 nm. We trapped two Hg isotopes, i.e. the bosonic 202Hg and the fermionic 199Hg isotope, respectively. The temperature of the cold atom cloud was determined to be approximately 300 μK using a modified TOF-method. It is currently limited by the quality of the laser lock. Trapped neutral Hg has many interesting avenues such as a time standard and high precision measurements. Here, we discuss the possibilities of photo-association spectroscopy and the generation of ultra-cold Hg2 dimers. EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011 Villwock P. Inst. for Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany aut Siol S. Inst. for Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany aut Walther Th Inst. for Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany aut The European Physical Journal D Springer-Verlag 65/1-2(2011-11-01), 251-255 1434-6060 65:1-2<251 2011 65 10053 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20064-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20064-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Villwock P. Inst. for Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Siol S. Inst. for Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walther Th Inst. for Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Physical Journal D Springer-Verlag 65/1-2(2011-11-01), 251-255 1434-6060 65:1-2<251 2011 65 10053 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer