Dependence of the cloud size on interactions for a trapped degenerate ultracold plasma

We consider an ultracold plasma that has bosonic ions, at zero temperature. Assuming that ions are trapped by a harmonic trap, we calculate the size of the cloud for both screened and bare Coulomb interactions. Our results indicate that if clouds containing around 10 4 ions are confined with a trapp...

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Published inPhysics letters. A Vol. 350; no. 1; pp. 129 - 133
Main Authors Sevinçli, S., Oktel, M.Ö., Tanatar, B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 30.01.2006
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Summary:We consider an ultracold plasma that has bosonic ions, at zero temperature. Assuming that ions are trapped by a harmonic trap, we calculate the size of the cloud for both screened and bare Coulomb interactions. Our results indicate that if clouds containing around 10 4 ions are confined with a trapping frequency of 10 kHz, stable radius is 15 μm for a fully screened two-component plasma while the radius increases to 2 mm for a one component plasma.
ISSN:0375-9601
1873-2429
DOI:10.1016/j.physleta.2005.10.014