Molecular ion-electron recombination in an expanding ultracold neutral plasma of NO+.
Using state-selected double-resonant excitation, we create a Rydberg gas of NO molecules excited to the principal quantum number n = 50 of the f-series converging to the ion rotational level, N(+) = 2. This gas evolves to form an ultracold plasma, which expands under the thermal pressure of its elec...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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