Ultracold neutral plasmas

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 5 A, 2005, Pages

  Killian, T C ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Gupta, P ^a   Laha, S ^a   Martinez, Y N ^a   Mickelson, P G ^a   Nagel, S B ^a   Saenz, A D ^a   Simien, C E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOIONIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM;

ION ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; THERMALIZATION; ULTRACOLD NEUTRAL PLASMAS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 33645719603     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/47/5A/021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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