Spectroscopic observation and characterization of H+H - heavy rydberg states

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 113, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 13237-13245

  Vieitez, M O ^a   Ivanov, T I ^a   Reinhold, E ^a   De Lange, C A ^a   Ubachs, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FRAGMENTS; COULOMBIC POTENTIALS; DECAY PROCESS; DISCRETE RESONANCE; DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; DISSOCIATION THRESHOLD; EXCITATION MECHANISMS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; HYDROGEN SYSTEM; ION PAIRS; PRINCIPAL QUANTUM NUMBERS; QUANTUM STATE; RYDBERG CONSTANT; RYDBERG FORMULAS; TUNABLE ULTRAVIOLETS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; RYDBERG STATES; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 72949124713     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9039918     Document Type: Article

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