Evolution from a molecular rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Morrison, J P ^a   Rennick, C J ^a   Keller, J S ^a   Grant, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER EXCITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITRIC OXIDE; RYDBERG STATES;

COLD PLASMAS; EXCITED MOLECULES; FREE ELECTRONS; IONIZATION THRESHOLDS; RYDBERG GASSES; RYDBERG MOLECULES; SPONTANEOUS FORMATIONS; SUPERSONIC EXPANSIONS; SUPERSONIC MOLECULAR BEAMS; ULTRACOLD PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 56849101723     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.205005     Document Type: Article

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