Marko Gacesa

PhD student

Group Affiliations: Ultracold Atoms and Molecules

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University of Connecticut
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Storrs, CT 06269-3046

Office: P-318

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Research Interests

I study collisional properties of atoms and molecules using theoretical and computational methods.

My research is focused on the atom-atom collisions in the presence of external fields at ultracold temperatures. The goal is to provide theoretical predictions for the ongoing experiments related to cooling and trapping of alkali molecules, as well as to come up with new schemes for more efficient production of ultracold molecules. We work within the quantum multichannel scattering theory framework and employ different numerical methods.

I've recently started working on a theoretical description of charge-exchange collisions between the solar wind ions and atoms present in space, mainly hydrogen. The goal of the project is to study the polarization (ratio, angular distribution) of X-rays emitted in such processes.

I am also interested in parallelization of existing codes that describe different scattering processes so that they can be ported to various multiprocessor systems, including several-core processors and GPUs.

Recent Publications

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa, R. Côté, Feshbach Optimized Photoassociation near the unitarity regime, in preparation

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa, R. Côté, Giant formation rates of ultracold molecules via Feshbach Optimized Photoassociation, submitted for review to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2008)

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini, R. Côté, Feshbach resonances in ultracold ^6,7Li + ²³Na atomic mixtures, submitted for review to Phys. Rev. A (2007); preprint available: arXiv:0709.2924v2 [physics.atom-ph]

Please see my résumé for the full list of publications.

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