Christmas tree-like Coulomb crystals
Physics and Society
2024-01-01 v1 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Abstract
We have investigated the formation of microparticles-based Coulomb crystals in a linear vertical quadrupole Paul trap with a single end-cap electrode. For the first time, we have described the effect of gravity on Coulomb crystals formation. We have observed a new type of stable Coulomb crystals configuration that we referred to as "Christmas tree-like Coulomb crystals". We have provided numerical simulation and experimental research of the "Christmas tree-like Coulomb crystals" and discussed these structures in the perspective of Science and Art performance.
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@article{arxiv.2312.17586,
title = {Christmas tree-like Coulomb crystals},
author = {S. S. Rudyi and A. V. Romanova and D. A. Tatarinov and D. A. Kurdyukov and E. Yu. Stovpiaga and V. G. Golubev and D. P. Shcherbinin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.17586},
year = {2024}
}