Formation of molecular Rydberg states in an intense laser field Guoqiang Shi, Yulin Xiang, Jianting Lei, Shaohua Sun, Zuoye Liu and Bitao Hu Eur. Phys. J. D, 77 2 (2023) 20 Published online: 03 February 2023 DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00593-w