Svetlana Kotochigova

Research Professor in Physics

Ph.D., St. Petersburg State University

SERC, Room 464
1925 N. 12th Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-3877
skotoch@temple.edu
Research Group Website

Research Interests

Dr. Svetlana Kotochigova’s primary research interests are in the quantum theory of atoms and molecules in the ultracold domain. This includes electronic structure theory, scattering dynamics and chemical reactivity of molecules as well as the study of quantum magnetism and quantum chaos in magnetic lanthanides. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society based on the citation “For insightful theoretical descriptions of the formation and control of ultracold molecules in optical trapping potentials”.  She has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal papers and is cited 7884 times with h-index 45.
 
Her most recent work includes research into
  1. Quantum science with hybrid magnetic lanthanide molecules for quantum simulations and precision measurements.
  2. Engineering of polyatomic molecules with optical cycling centers for quantum science applications.
  3. Modern aspects of roaming in non-adiabatic chemical reactions with cold and controlled radicals.
  4. New fundamental physics with heavy radioactive molecules.

Most Recent Publications

  1. T. Schuster, F. Flicker, M. Li, S. Kotochigova , J. E. Moore, J. Ye , and N. Y. Yao, “ Realizing Hopf Insulators in Dipolar Spin Systems”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 015301 (2021);
  2. J. Kłos, Q. Guan, H. Li, M. Li, E. Tiesinga and S. Kotochigova, “Roaming pathways and survival probability in real‐time collisional dynamics of cold and controlled bialkali molecules”, Nature/Sci. Reports 11:10598 (2021);
  3. B. K. Kendrick,  H. Li,  M. Li, S. Kotochigova,  J. F. E. Croft,  and N. Balakrishnan, “Non-adiabatic quantum interference in the ultracold Li + LiNa - Li2 + Na reaction”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 5096 (2021);
  4. Q. Guan, S. L. Cornish, and S. Kotochigova, “Magic conditions for multiple rotational states of bialkali molecules in optical lattices”, Phys. Rev. A 103, 043311 (2021);
  5. R. Bause, M. Li, A. Schindewolf, X-Y. Chen, M. Duda, S. Kotochigova, I. Bloch, and X.-Y. Luo, “Tune-Out and Magic Wavelengths for Ground-State 23Na40K Molecules”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 023201 (2020);
  6. A. Green, H. Li, J. H. See Toh, X. Tang, K. C. McCormick, M. Li, E. Tiesinga, S. Kotochigova, and S. Gupta, “Feshbach Resonances in p-Wave Three-Body Recombination within Fermi-Fermi Mixtures of Open-Shell 6Li and Closed-Shell 173Yb Atoms”, Phys. Rev. X 10, 031037 (2020);
  7. M. Li, J. Kłos, A. Petrov, H. Li, and S. Kotochigova, “Effects of conical intersections on hyperfine quenching of hydroxyl OH in collision with an ultracold Sr atom” Nature/Sci. Reports 10:14130 (2020).