Comment on "Measurement of a large Chemical Reaction Rate between Ultracold Closed-Shell ⁴⁰Ca Atoms and Open-Shell ¹⁷⁴Yb⁺ Ions Held in a Hybrid Atom-Ion Trap"
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⚛️ physics.atm-clus
physics.atom-ph
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commentlargerateatom-ionatomschemicalclosed-shelldiscrepancy
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We estimate the radiative quenching rate of the $^{40}$Ca - $^{174}$Yb$^{+}$ molecular ion and find that it under-estimates the value reported in recent experiments by about 5 orders of magnitude. We comment on possible explanations for this large discrepancy.
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