Efficient positronium laser excitation for antihydrogen production in a magnetic field

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Castelli, F ^a   Boscolo, I ^a   Cialdi, S ^a   Giammarchi, M G ^a   Comparat, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POSITRONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

A MAGNETIC FIELDS; ANTI-PROTONS; ANTIHYDROGEN PRODUCTIONS; CHARGE EXCHANGES; EFFICIENT EXCITATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LASER LIGHTS; MOTIONAL STARK EFFECTS; RYDBERG LEVELS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTHS;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 56849107329     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.052512     Document Type: Article

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