Electron temperature of ultracold plasmas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 25 I, 2004, Pages

  Roberts, J L ^a,b   Fertig, C D ^a   Lim, M J ^c   Rolston, S L ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEATING; KINETIC ENERGY; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; RYDBERG ATOMS; SUPERELASTIC SCATTERING; THERMAL PRESSURE;

PLASMAS;

EID: 3543151327     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.253003     Document Type: Article

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