Chemical reactions of atomic lithium and molecular calcium monohydride at 1 K

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 May 18;108(20):203201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.203201. Epub 2012 May 14.

Abstract

Using cryogenic helium buffer-gas cooling, we have prepared dense samples of atomic lithium and molecular calcium monohydride at temperatures as low as 1 K. We have measured the Li+CaH→LiH+Ca chemical reaction, observed in both the accelerated disappearance of CaH in the presence of high densities of lithium and in the appearance of the LiH molecule.