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<title>Collisional and thermal ionization of sodium Rydberg atoms in single and crossed atomic beams</title>

N. N. BezuglovA N KlucharevI. I. RyabtsevD. B. TretyakovI. I. BeterovK. MiculisA. EkersA. Ekers

subject

Condensed Matter::Quantum GasesChemical speciesChemistryExcited stateIonizationRydberg atomPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersThermal ionizationPhysics::Atomic PhysicsMolar ionization energies of the elementsAtomic physicsAtmospheric-pressure laser ionizationIon

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The results of the experimental and theoretical study on associative ionization of laser excited Na Rydberg atoms in collisions with ground-state atoms and on thermal ionization by blackbody radiation in single and crossed effusive atomic beams are reported and discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.677963