Two-dimensional momentum imaging of Rydberg states using half-cycle pulse ionization and velocity map imaging
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A. Wetzels, A. Gürtler, F. Roşca-Prună, S. Zamith, M. J. J. Vrakking, F. Robicheaux, and W. J. van der Zande FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA Department of Molecule and Laser Physics, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ~Received 28 March 2003; published 13 October 2003!
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