Influence of electric fields on background photo- and collisional ionization processes in Rydberg-atom collision studies

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 015403-015401

  Hill, S B ^a   Parthasarathy, R ^a   Suess, L ^a   Dunning, F B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BACKGROUND BLACKBODY IONIZATION; COLLISIONAL IONIZATION PROCESSES; RYDBERG ATOM COLLISION;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

EID: 0034224860     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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