A bright, slow cryogenic molecular beam source for free radicals

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We demonstrate and characterize a cryogenic buffer gas-cooled molecular beam source capable of producing bright beams of free radicals and refractory species. Details of the beam properties (brightness, forward velocity distribution, transverse velocity spread, rotational and vibrational temperatures) are measured under varying conditions for the molecular species SrF. Under typical conditions we produce a beam of brightness 1.2 × 1011 molecules/sr/pulse in the X2Σ+(v = 0, Nrot = 0) state, with forward velocity and a rotational temperature of ≈ 1 K. This source compares favorably to other methods for producing beams of free radicals and refractory species for many types of experiments. We provide details of construction that may be helpful for others attempting to use this method.
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