Nitric oxide (NO) molecules initially traveling at $795\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}$ in pulsed supersonic beams have been photoexcited to long-lived hydrogenic Rydberg-Stark states, decelerated and electrostatically trapped in a cryogenically cooled, chip-based transmission-line Rydberg-Stark decelerator. The decelerated and trapped molecules were detected in situ by pulsed electric field ionization. The operation of the decelerator was validated by comparison of the experimental data with the results of numerical calculations of particle trajectories. Studies of the decay of the trapped molecules on timescales up to 1 ms provide new insights into the lifetimes of, and effects of blackbody radiation on, Rydberg states of NO.

中文翻译：

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静电捕获的Rydberg NO分子的缓慢衰减过程。

一氧化氮（NO）分子最初在 $795\mathrm{米}/\mathrm{s}$脉冲超声束中的γ射线被光激发到长寿命的氢Rydberg-Stark态，然后在低温冷却的基于芯片的传输线Rydberg-Stark减速器中减速并静电捕获。通过脉冲电场电离原位检测减速和捕获的分子。通过将实验数据与粒子轨迹的数值计算结果进行比较，验证了减速器的运行。在长达1 ms的时间尺度上研究被困分子的衰变，为了解Rydberg NO的寿命及其对黑体辐射的影响提供了新的见解。