Quantum catcher - stopping particles of unknown velocities
Quantum Physics
2009-03-03 v1
Abstract
We propose a method to stop particles of unknown velocities by collision with an accelerated wall with trajectory ~sqrt(t). We present classical and quantum mechanical descriptions and numerical simulations that show the efficiency of the method.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0903.0071,
title = {Quantum catcher - stopping particles of unknown velocities},
author = {S. Schmidt and J. G. Muga and A. Ruschhaupt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.0071},
year = {2009}
}