Deflection and deceleration of hydrogen Rydberg molecules in inhomogeneous electric fields

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1419-1431

  Yamakita, Y ^a,c   Procter, S R ^a   Goodgame, A L ^a   Softley, T P ^a   Merkt, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC DIPOLES; MAGNETIC TRAPPING; SPATIAL POSITION; STARK EIGENSTATES;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 3242888395     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1763146     Document Type: Article

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