Electrostatic trapping of N${}_2$ molecules in high Rydberg states

M. H. Rayment, S. D. Hogan

N${}_2$ molecules traveling in pulsed supersonic beams have been excited from their $\mathrm{X}{}^1{\mathrm{\Sigma }}_{\mathrm{g}}^{+}$ ground electronic state to long-lived Rydberg states with princ…