Theoretical study of atomic processes and dynamics in ultracold plasmas

In the last decade, ultracold plasmas have been created in the laboratory by photo-ionizing laser-cooled atoms. To understand the overall dynamics of ultracold plasmas, one needs to understand Rydberg collisional processes at ultracold temperatures. The two kinds of problems addressed in this thesis...

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Main Author: Balaraman, Gouthaman S.
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26522