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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 109, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.173202
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- NSF [PHY-0855324, PHY-1205392]
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [1205635] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1205392, 0855324, 1205923] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We observe ultralong-range blueshifted Cs-2 molecular states near ns(1/2) Rydberg states in an optical dipole trap, where 31 <= n <= 34. The accidental near degeneracy of (n - 4)l and ns Rydberg states for l > 2 in Cs, due to the small fractional ns quantum defect, leads to nonadiabatic coupling among these states, producing potential wells above the ns thresholds. Two important consequences of admixing high angular momentum states with ns states are the formation of large permanent dipole moments, similar to 15-100 Debye, and accessibility of these states via two-photon association. The observed states are in excellent agreement with theory.
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