@article{11750,
  author = {C. Ticknor and John Bohn},
  title = {Influence of magnetic fields on cold collisions of polar molecules},
  abstract = {We consider cold collisions of OH  molecules in the  2 Π 3 ∕ 2 ground state, under the influence of a magnetic field. We find that modest fields of several thousand gauss can act to suppress inelastic collisions of weak-field-seeking states by two orders of magnitude. We attribute this suppression to two factors: (i) an indirect coupling of the entrance and the exit channel, in contrast to the effect of an applied electric field; and (ii) the relative shift of the entrance and exit scattering thresholds. In view of these results, magnetic trapping of OH may prove feasible.},
  year = {2005},
  journal = {Physical Review A},
  volume = {71},
  pages = {022709},
  month = {2005-02},
  issn = {1050-2947},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.71.022709},
}