Stopping supersonic beams with a series of pulsed electromagnetic coils: an atomic coilgun.

نویسندگان

  • Edvardas Narevicius
  • Adam Libson
  • Christian G Parthey
  • Isaac Chavez
  • Julia Narevicius
  • Uzi Even
  • Mark G Raizen
چکیده

We report the stopping of an atomic beam, using a series of pulsed electromagnetic coils. We use a supersonic beam of metastable neon created in a gas discharge as a monochromatic source of paramagnetic atoms. A series of coils is fired in a timed sequence to bring the atoms to near rest, where they are detected on a microchannel plate. Applications to fundamental problems in physics and chemistry are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 100 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008