@article {2192,
	title = {Evolution from a Molecular Rydberg Gas to an Ultracold Plasma in a Seeded Supersonic Expansion of NO},
	journal = {Physical Review Letters},
	volume = {101},
	number = {20},
	year = {2008},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 372XRTimes Cited: 7Cited Reference Count: 20Morrison, J. P. Rennick, C. J. Keller, J. S. Grant, E. R.},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {4},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We report the spontaneous formation of a plasma from a gas of cold Rydberg molecules. Double-resonant laser excitation promotes nitric oxide, cooled to 1 K in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, to single Rydberg states extending as deep as 80 cm(-1) below the lowest ionization threshold. The density of excited molecules in the illuminated volume approaches 1x10(13) cm(-3). This population evolves to produce free electrons and a durable cold plasma of electrons and intact NO+ ions.},
	isbn = {0031-9007},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000260936100033},
	author = {Morrison, J. P. and Rennick, C. J. and Keller, J. S. and Grant, E. R.}
}
