Recombination fluorescence in ultracold neutral plasmas
Atomic Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
We present the first measurements and simulations of recombination fluorescence in ultracold neutral plasmas. In contrast with previous work, experiment and simulation are in significant disagreement. Comparison with a recombination model suggests that the disagreement could be due to the high energy portion of the electron energy distribution or to large energy changes in electron/Rydberg scattering. Recombination fluorescence opens a new diagnostic window in ultracold plasmas because it probes the deeply-bound Rydberg levels, which depend critically on electron energetics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.2922,
title = {Recombination fluorescence in ultracold neutral plasmas},
author = {S. D. Bergeson and F. Robicheaux},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2922},
year = {2009}
}