Charge, density and electron temperature in a molecular ultracold plasma
Chemical Physics
2015-03-13 v2 Plasma Physics
Abstract
A Rydberg gas of NO entrained in a supersonic molecular beam releases electrons as it evolves to form an ultracold plasma. The size of this signal, compared with that extracted by the subsequent application of a pulsed electric field, determines the absolute magnitude of the plasma charge. This information, combined with the number density of ions, supports a simple thermochemical model that explains the evolution of the plasma to an ultracold electron temperature.
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@article{arxiv.0911.0466,
title = {Charge, density and electron temperature in a molecular ultracold plasma},
author = {C. J. Rennick and J. P. Morrison and J. Ortega-Arroyo and P. J. Godin and N. Saquet and E. R. Grant},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0466},
year = {2015}
}