High Rydberg states of argon: Stark effect and field-ionization properties

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1705-1724

  Merkt, F ^a   Osterwalder, A ^a   Seiler, R ^a   Signorell, R ^a   Palm, H ^a   Schmutz, H ^a   Gunzinger, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONIZATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PULSED FIELD IONIZATION (PFI); QUANTUM NUMBER; RYDBERG STATES; SADDLE POINT ENERGY; STARK EFFECTS; ZERO KINETIC ENERGY (ZEKE) SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0001584907     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/31/8/020     Document Type: Article

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