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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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 |