Observation of ultralong-range Rydberg molecules

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7241, 2009, Pages 1005-1008

  Bendkowsky, Vera ^a   Butscher, Björn ^a   Nipper, Johannes ^a   Shaffer, James P ^a,b   Löw, Robert ^a   Pfau, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; RUBIDIUM;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRON; KINETIC ENERGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON; ENERGY; KINETICS; MODEL; MOLECULE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 65549116398     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07945     Document Type: Article

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