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We report the measurement of collision rate coefficient for collisions between ultracold Cs atoms and low-energy $\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{s}}^{+}$ ions. The experiments are performed in a hybrid trap consisting of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) for Cs atoms and a Paul trap for $\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{s}}^{+}$ ions. The ion-atom collisions impart kinetic energy to the ultracold Cs atoms, resulting in their escape from the shallow MOT and, therefore, in a reduction in the number of Cs atoms in the MOT. By monitoring, using fluorescence measurements, the Cs atom number, and the MOT loading dynamics and then fitting the data to a rate equation model, the ion-atom collision rate is derived. The $\mathrm{Cs}\ensuremath{-}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{s}}^{+}$ collision rate coefficient $9.3(\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.4)(\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.2)(\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3.5)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}14}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}{\mathrm{m}}^{3}\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}{\mathrm{s}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$, measured for an ion distribution with most probable collision energy of 95 meV $(\ensuremath{\approx}{\mathrm{k}}_{\mathrm{B}}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}1100\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\mathrm{K})$, is in fair agreement with theoretical calculations. As an intermediate step, we also determine the photoionization cross section of Cs $6{P}_{3/2}$ atoms at 473 nm wavelength to be $2.28(\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.33)\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}21}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}{\mathrm{m}}^{2}$.

Measurement of collisions between laser-cooled cesium atoms and trapped cesium ions