Electron-Temperature Evolution in Expanding Ultracold Neutral Plasmas
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005 (United States)
We have used the free expansion of ultracold neutral plasmas as a time-resolved probe of electron temperature. A combination of experimental measurements of the ion expansion velocity and numerical simulations characterize the crossover from an elastic-collision regime at low initial {gamma}{sub e}, which is dominated by adiabatic cooling of the electrons, to the regime of high {gamma}{sub e} in which inelastic processes drastically heat the electrons. We identify the time scales and relative contributions of various processes, and we experimentally show the importance of radiative decay and disorder-induced electron heating for the first time in ultracold neutral plasmas.
- OSTI ID:
- 21028150
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 99, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.075005; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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