Ionization of Rydberg atoms embedded in an ultracold plasma

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Vanhaecke, Nicolas ^a   Comparat, Daniel ^a,b   Tate, Duncan A ^a   Pillet, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB ENERGY; RYDBERG ATOMS; RYDBERG STATES; ULTRACOLD PLASMAS;

ALKALI METALS; COOLING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; LASER PULSES;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 18444395861     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.013416     Document Type: Article

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