On the formation and decay of a molecular ultracold plasma

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Saquet, N ^a   Morrison, J P ^a   Schulz Weiling, M ^a   Sadeghi, H ^a   Yiu, J ^a   Rennick, C J ^a   Grant, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON-ION COLLISION; FREE ELECTRON; NEUTRAL FRAGMENTS; NEUTRAL MOLECULES; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PLASMA ELECTRONS; PLASMA SIZE; POTENTIAL WELLS; PRE-DISSOCIATION; RATE EQUATIONS; RYDBERG; RYDBERG GAS; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; TIME OF FLIGHT; TRAPPED ELECTRONS; ULTRACOLD PLASMAS;

ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; NEGATIVE IONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOEXCITATION; PLASMAS; POSITIVE IONS; RYDBERG STATES;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052951996     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184015     Document Type: Article

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