Stopping Supersonic Beams with an Atomic Coilgun

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...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2008-01
Main Authors: Narevicius, Edvardas, Libson, Adam, Parthey, Christian G, Chavez, Isaac, Narevicius, Julia, Even, Uzi, Raizen, Mark G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic beams
Coils
Gas discharges
Microchannel plates
Microchannels
Neon
Organic chemistry
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Summary: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 micro-channel plate. Applications to fundamental problems in physics and chemistry are discussed.
ISSN:2331-8422