Quantum Effects in Cold and Controlled Molecular Dynamics

Abstract

This chapter discusses three examples of quantum effects that can be observed 
in state-of-the-art experiments with molecular beams-scattering resonances as 
a probe of interparticle interactions in cold collisions, the protection of 
Fano-Feshbach resonances against decay despite resonant coupling to a scattering
 continuum, and a circular dichroism in photoelectron angular distributions 
arising in the photoionization of randomly oriented chiral molecules. The 
molecular beam setup provides molecules in well-defined quantum states. 
This, together with a theoretical description based on first principles, allows 
for excellent agreement between theoretical prediction and experimental 
observation and thus a rigorous understanding of the observed quantum effects.