Rotationally induced Penning ionization of ultracold photoassociated helium dimers

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 190-196

  Leonard J ^a,c   Mosk, A P ^a,d   Walhout, M ^a,e   Leduc, M ^a   Van Rijnbach, M ^b   Nehari, D ^b   Van Der Straten, P ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Inst Phys et Chim Mat Strasbourg   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 17444369776     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10004-8     Document Type: Article

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