Ultracold collisions of the lithium monoxide radical

Ultracold collisions of LiO molecules in the {}^{2}{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Pi}}}_{3/2}ground state are considered, under the influence of either an external magnetic or electric field. Inelastic collisions are shown to be suppressed in the presence of modest laboratory-strength magnetic and electric fields. The rate of elastic collisions that rethermalize the thermal distribution and the corresponding low rate of heating state-changing...