@article { ISI:000259263400096, title = {Formation of slow molecules in chemical reactions in crossed molecular beams}, journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW A}, volume = {78}, number = {2, A}, year = {2008}, month = {AUG}, pages = {022705}, abstract = {We demonstrate that chemical reactions in collisions of molecular beams can generally produce low-velocity molecules in the laboratory-fixed frame. Our analysis shows that collisions of beams may simultaneously yield slow reactant molecules and slow products. The reaction products are formed in selected rovibrational states and scattered in a specific direction, which can be controlled by tuning the kinetic energies of the incident beams and the angle between the beams. Our calculations indicate that chemical reactions of polar alkali-metal dimers are barrierless and we suggest that chemical reactions involving alkali-metal dimers may be particularly suitable for producing slow molecules in crossed beams.}, issn = {1050-2947}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.78.022705}, author = {Tscherbul, T. V. and Barinovs, G. and Klos, J. and Krems, R. V.} }