Stopping Supersonic Beams with an Atomic Coilgun
Atomic Physics
2008-01-29 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.4042,
title = {Stopping Supersonic Beams with an Atomic Coilgun},
author = {Edvardas Narevicius and Adam Libson and Christian G. Parthey and Isaac Chavez and Julia Narevicius and Uzi Even and Mark G. Raizen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4042},
year = {2008}
}