Control of molecular ultracold plasma relaxation dynamics by mm-wave Rydberg–Rydberg transitions
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Abstract
Resonant mm-wave fields drive n0f(2)→(n0±1)g(2) transitions in a state-selected n0f(2) Rydberg gas of NO. This transformation produces a clear signature in the selected field ionisation spectrum and dramatically increases the intensity of corresponding features in the spectrum of the n0f(2) Rydberg series observed in UV–UV double resonant transitions via the A 2Σ+, N′=0 state. Here, n0 refers to the principal quantum number of an f Rydberg state converging to the N+=2 rotational state of NO+X 1Σ+. Enhancement owing to transitions from ℓ=3 (f) to ℓ=4 (g) appears both in the electron signal detected at early time by the field ionisation of Rydberg molecules and, 40μs later, as the late-peak signal of plasma in a state of arrested relaxation. Similar stabilisation and enhanced intensity also occurs for shorter-lived interloping complex resonances, 44p(0)−43d(1) and 43p(0)−42d(1). We conclude from these observations that avalanche alone does not guarantee a plasma state of arrested relaxation. But rather, the formation of an arrested phase requires both avalanche-produced NO+ ions and a persistent population of long-lived Rydberg molecules.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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