Electron Temperature Evolution in Expanding Ultracold Neutral Plasmas

Details Electron Temperature Evolution in Expanding Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Electron Temperature Evolution in Expanding Ultracold Neutral Plasmas

2007-05-23

arxiv.org/abs/0705.3416v1

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Atomic Physics

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.075005

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_e, which is dominated by adiabatic cooling of the electrons, to the regime of high Gamma_e in which inelastic processes drastically heat the electrons. We identify the time scales and relative contributions of various processes, and experimentally show the importance of radiative decay and disorder-induced electron heating for the first time in ultracold neutral plasmas.

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