Towards Stronger Coulomb Coupling in an Ultracold Neutral Plasma

Ultracold neutral plasmas are created by photoionizing laser-cooled atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT). Due to their large electrical potential energies and comparatively small kinetic energies, ultracold plasmas fall into a regime of plasma systems which are called “strongly coupled.” A priority...

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Main Author: Lyon, Mary Elizabeth
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2014
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4194
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5193&context=etd