Spontaneous evolution of Rydberg atoms into an ultracold plasma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4466-4469

  Robinson, M P ^a   Tolra, B Laburthe ^b   Noel, Michael W ^a   Gallagher, T F ^a,b   Pillet, P ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRAPS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMAS;

COLD PLASMAS; MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAPS (MOT); RYDBERG ATOMS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034319766     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4466     Document Type: Article

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