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Sadeghi H, Kruyen A, Hung J, et al. Dissociation and the development of spatial correlation in a molecular ultracold plasma. Phys Rev Lett. 2014;112(7):075001doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.075001.
Sadeghi, H., Kruyen, A., Hung, J., Gurian, J. H., Morrison, J. P., Schulz-Weiling, M., Saquet, N., Rennick, C. J., & Grant, E. R. (2014). Dissociation and the development of spatial correlation in a molecular ultracold plasma. Physical review letters, 112(7), 075001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.075001
Sadeghi, H, et al. "Dissociation and the development of spatial correlation in a molecular ultracold plasma." Physical review letters vol. 112,7 (2014): 075001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.075001
Sadeghi H, Kruyen A, Hung J, Gurian JH, Morrison JP, Schulz-Weiling M, Saquet N, Rennick CJ, Grant ER. Dissociation and the development of spatial correlation in a molecular ultracold plasma. Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Feb 21;112(7):075001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.075001. Epub 2014 Feb 18. PMID: 24579607.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Feb 21;112(7):075001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.075001. Epub 2014 Feb 18.

Dissociation and the development of spatial correlation in a molecular ultracold plasma.

Physical review letters

H Sadeghi, A Kruyen, J Hung, J H Gurian, J P Morrison, M Schulz-Weiling, N Saquet, C J Rennick, E R Grant

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6 T 1Z3, Canada.

PMID: 24579607 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.075001

Abstract

Penning ionization initiates the evolution of a dense molecular Rydberg gas to plasma. This process selects for pairs of excited molecules separated by a distance of two Rydberg orbital diameters or less. The deactivated Penning partners predissociate, depleting the leading edge of the distribution of nearest-neighbor distances. For certain density and orbital radii, this sequence of events can form a plasma in which large distances separate a disproportionate fraction of the ions. Experimental results and model calculations suggest that the reduced potential energy of this Penning lattice significantly affects the development of strong coupling in an ultracold plasma.

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