Slowing and speeding molecular beams by means of a rapidly rotating source

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1626-1637

  Gupta, Manish ^a   Herschbach, Dudley ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECELERATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INERT GASES; KINETIC ENERGY; ROTORS;

SUPERSONIC BEAMS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

MOLECULAR BEAMS;

EID: 0035281076     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp002640u     Document Type: Article

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