Atomic and molecular signatures for charged-particle ionization

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Al Hagan, Ola ^a   Kaiser, Christian ^b   Madison, Don ^a   Murray, Andrew James ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOM LASERS; ATOMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; GAS LASERS; MOLECULES; QUANTUM THEORY;

A-PLANE; ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMA; INCIDENT BEAMS; IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS; IONIZATION OF ATOMS; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 58149215988     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1135     Document Type: Article

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