Investigation of two-frequency Paul traps for antihydrogen production

Radio-frequency (rf) Paul traps operated with multifrequency rf trapping potentials provide the ability to independently confine charged particle species with widely different charge-to-mass ratios. In particular, these traps may find use in the field of antihydrogen recombination, allowing antiprot...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Leefer, Nathan, Krimmel, Kai, Bertsche, William, Budker, Dmitry, Fajans, Joel, Folman, Ron, Haeffner, Hartmut, Schmidt-Kaler, Ferdinand
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 13.10.2016
Subjects
Antihydrogen
Antiparticles
Antiprotons
Charged particles
Computer simulation
Mass ratios
Matter & antimatter
Physics - Atomic Physics
Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics - Plasma Physics
Superconducting magnets
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Summary:Radio-frequency (rf) Paul traps operated with multifrequency rf trapping potentials provide the ability to independently confine charged particle species with widely different charge-to-mass ratios. In particular, these traps may find use in the field of antihydrogen recombination, allowing antiproton and positron clouds to be trapped and confined in the same volume without the use of large superconducting magnets. We explore the stability regions of two-frequency Paul traps and perform numerical simulations of small, multispecies charged-particle mixtures that indicate the promise of these traps for antihydrogen recombination.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1603.09444