Lifetimes of ultralong-range Rydberg molecules in vibrational ground and excited states

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Butscher, Björn ^a   Bendkowsky, Vera ^a   Nipper, Johannes ^a   Balewski, Jonathan B ^a   Kukota, Ludmila ^a   Löw, Robert ^a   Pfau, Tilman ^a   Li, Weibin ^b,c   Pohl, Thomas ^b   Rost, Jan Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GROUND-STATE ATOMS; MOLECULAR POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR STATE; POLARIZABILITIES; QUANTUM REFLECTION; RYDBERG ATOMS; RYDBERG MOLECULES; ULTRA-COLD; VIBRATIONAL GROUND; VIBRATIONAL GROUND STATE;

ATOMIC BEAMS; ATOMS; GROUND STATE; MOLECULES; QUANTUM THEORY; RYDBERG STATES;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 80052959538     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184004     Document Type: Article

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