Diagnostic criterion for crystallized beams
Atomic Physics
2009-10-31 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
Small ion crystals in a Paul trap are stable even in the absence of laser cooling. Based on this theoretically and experimentally well-established fact we propose the following diagnostic criterion for establishing the presence of a crystallized beam: Absence of heating following the shut-down of all cooling devices. The validity of the criterion is checked with the help of detailed numerical simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9803012,
title = {Diagnostic criterion for crystallized beams},
author = {Harel Primack and Reinhold Blümel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9803012},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
REVTeX, 11 pages, 4 figures; submitted to PRE