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arxiv: 2310.08760 · v1 · pith:ZBVSWZTJ · submitted 2023-10-12 · physics.atom-ph · hep-ex

Positronium laser cooling via the 1³S-2³P transition with a broadband laser pulse

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classification physics.atom-ph hep-ex
keywords lasercoolingbroadbandcloudeffectfractiongroundincrease
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We report on laser cooling of a large fraction of positronium (Ps) in free-flight by strongly saturating the $1^3S$-$2^3P$ transition with a broadband, long-pulsed 243 nm alexandrite laser. The ground state Ps cloud is produced in a magnetic and electric field-free environment. We observe two different laser-induced effects. The first effect is an increase in the number of atoms in the ground state after the time Ps has spent in the long-lived $3^3P$ states. The second effect is the one-dimensional Doppler cooling of Ps, reducing the cloud's temperature from 380(20) K to 170(20) K. We demonstrate a 58(9) % increase in the coldest fraction of the Ps ensemble.

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